Basle and France in the Sixteenth Century : The Basle Humanists and Printers in Their Contacts with Francophone Culture / P.G. Bietenholz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bietenholz, P.G., author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.

Erasmus, Desiderius.

Humanists--Switzerland--Basel.

Humanists.

Printing--Switzerland--Basel--History--16th century.

Printing.

Switzerland--Basel.

Switzerland.

France.

Basel (Switzerland)--Imprints.

Basel (Switzerland).

France--Intellectual life--16th century.

Switzerland--Civilization--French influences.

Basel (Switzerland)--Intellectual life--16th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Bibliographies.

Biography

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Basle, in the time of Erasmus, had a reputation for tolerance and liberalism rare in the sixteenth century. This book captures the intellectual climate of the city in Erasmus' time and after his death. It shows the gradual spread and modification among the French-speaking public of humanist attitudes and ideals associated with the Erasmian Basle. Based on extensive bibliographical research and perusal of much correspondence, published and unpublished, of the early humanists, the study investigates the contracts between the city of Basle and the French-speaking regions of sixteenth-century Europe. It is not primarily a political history, for the political influence of the town was insignificant, not is it a history of ideas in the usual sense. Rather than analysing the contexts of the books produced in Basle, Professor Bietenholz studies the people who produced them and distributed them in France. He examines their reading habits and motives for writing and printing, and their personal contacts. The volume includes biographical information about Francophones in Basle: students, professors, political agents, merchants, doctors, ministers, and printers. Many were religious exiles and participated in the various theological controversies of the Reformation. In addition, the book includes a bibliography of over 1200 books and dissertations published at Basle by Francophone authors, editors, and translators.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE. FRANCE AND PRINTING IN BASLE

PART TWO. FRANCOPHONE EXPATRIATES AT BASLE

PART THREE. THE FOCAL CONTACTS IN FRANCE

PART FOUR. SHORT TITLE BIBLIOGRAPHY

ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7191-7

OCLC:

1090863453