Étienne Dolet

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Étienne Dolet was a 16th-century French humanist scholar, printer, and religious controversialist who became a symbol of intellectual freedom after being executed for heresy.

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instanceOf French person
Renaissance humanist
humanist scholar
printer
religious controversialist
translator
writer
associatedWith French Reformation
Lyonnais humanist circle
birthDate 1509-08-03
birthPlace Kingdom of France
Orléans
causeOfDeath execution by burning
convictedBy Parlement of Paris
convictedOf atheism
blasphemy
heresy
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1546-08-03
deathPlace Kingdom of France
Paris
educatedAt University of Padua
University of Toulouse
fieldOfWork classical studies
philology
translation theory
hasOccupation publisher
influencedBy Cicero
Desiderius Erasmus
surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

Quintilian
knownFor Renaissance scholarship
being executed for heresy
defense of free inquiry
printing humanist and reformist texts
language French
Latin
mannerOfDeath capital punishment
movement Renaissance humanism
name Étienne Dolet self-link
notableWork Carmina
Commentarii linguae Latinae
La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre
occupation author
printer
scholar
translator
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Lyon
Paris
studentOf Nicolas Bérauld
symbolOf freedom of the press
intellectual freedom

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French Renaissance notableFigure Étienne Dolet
Étienne Dolet name Étienne Dolet self-link