Étienne Dolet was a French scholar, translator and printer. He was a controversial figure throughout his lifetime, which was buffeted by the opposing forces of the Renaissance and the French Inquisition.
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Commemorative plaque for Étienne Dolet, located at the passage des Imprimeurs in Lyon.
Bronze statue of Etienne Dolet by Ernest Guilbert, Place Maubert, Paris. A political demonstration is visible in the photo at the base of the statue, which was a favorite location for protests by Parisian militants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Inaugurated in 1889, the statue was melted down for metal in support of the war effort by the Nazis in 1942.
Post card photo of the rue Étienne Dolet in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
A bust of Étienne Dolet in Orléans, (Val-de-Loire, France)
De Re navali, Lyon, 1537.In their orbit 1
Academics from France 6
About this person
Étienne Dolet was a French scholar, translator and printer. He was a controversial figure throughout his lifetime, which was buffeted by the opposing forces of the Renaissance and the French Inquisition. His early attacks upon the Inquisition and the municipal authorities of Toulouse, together with his later publications in Lyon, caused the French Inquisition to monitor his activities closely.
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FranceCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1509 to 1546 · aged 37
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