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Commonplaces and Everyday Wisdom in Henri Estienne (2011)
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Cowling, D. (2011). Commonplaces and Everyday Wisdom in Henri Estienne. In D. Cowling, & M. B. Bruun (Eds.), Commonplace culture in Western Europe in the early modern period I : reformation, counter-reformation and revolt (113-127). Peeters Publishers

The vernacular works of the celebrated Hellenist, humanist, and printer Henri Estienne (1531-1598) provide a good case-study for the use of commonplace material in polemical contexts in the later sixteenth century. In what follows, I will understand... Read More about Commonplaces and Everyday Wisdom in Henri Estienne.