« Le singe chez les ânes ». L’instrumentalisation des dédicaces dans L’Histoire de Thucydide Athenien (1527)

Guillaume Budé once portrayed himself as an “ape” surrounded by “asses” to describe his situation at Francis I’s Court. Many humanists expressed similar contempt for the French nobility who, in their view, were too ignorant. This paper considers the publication of the first French edition of Thucydi...

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Main Author: Lionel Piettre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2021-05-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/12248
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