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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Étienne Dolet canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1517058 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Étienne Dolet Context triple: [French Renaissance, notableFigure, Étienne Dolet]
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A.
Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus was a 16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, and humanist whose anti-Trinitarian views led to his condemnation for heresy and execution in Calvinist Geneva.
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B.
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Ulrich von Hutten
Ulrich von Hutten was a German knight, humanist, and reformer known for his outspoken support of Martin Luther and his satirical attacks on the Catholic Church during the early Reformation.
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Johann Reuchlin
Johann Reuchlin was a German humanist scholar and pioneering Christian Hebraist whose defense of Jewish writings and engagement with Kabbalah made him a central figure of the Northern Renaissance.
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E.
Johannes Agricola
Johannes Agricola was a 16th-century German Protestant reformer and theologian known for his role in the early Reformation and his controversial antinomian views.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Étienne Dolet Target entity description: 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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A.
Michael Servetus
Michael Servetus was a 16th-century Spanish theologian, physician, and humanist whose anti-Trinitarian views led to his condemnation for heresy and execution in Calvinist Geneva.
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B.
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples
Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples was a French humanist and early biblical scholar whose vernacular translations and reform-minded theology helped lay intellectual foundations for the Protestant Reformation.
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C.
Ulrich von Hutten
Ulrich von Hutten was a German knight, humanist, and reformer known for his outspoken support of Martin Luther and his satirical attacks on the Catholic Church during the early Reformation.
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Johann Reuchlin
Johann Reuchlin was a German humanist scholar and pioneering Christian Hebraist whose defense of Jewish writings and engagement with Kabbalah made him a central figure of the Northern Renaissance.
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E.
Johannes Agricola
Johannes Agricola was a 16th-century German Protestant reformer and theologian known for his role in the early Reformation and his controversial antinomian views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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Renaissance humanist ⓘ humanist scholar ⓘ printer ⓘ religious controversialist ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French Reformation
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Lyonnais humanist circle ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1509-08-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of France
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Orléans ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by burning ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Parlement of Paris ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
atheism
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blasphemy ⓘ heresy ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1546-08-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Padua
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University of Toulouse ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical studies
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philology ⓘ translation theory ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | publisher ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cicero
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Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ
surface form:
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Quintilian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Renaissance scholarship
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being executed for heresy ⓘ defense of free inquiry ⓘ printing humanist and reformist texts ⓘ |
| language |
French
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Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | capital punishment ⓘ |
| movement | Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| name | Étienne Dolet self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Carmina
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Commentarii linguae Latinae ⓘ La Manière de bien traduire d’une langue en aultre ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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printer ⓘ scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Lyon
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Paris ⓘ |
| studentOf | Nicolas Bérauld ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
freedom of the press
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intellectual freedom ⓘ |
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Subject: Étienne Dolet Description of subject: 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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