Étienne Dolet

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Domain

Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

Étienne Dolet (French: [etjɛn dɔlɛ]; 3 August 1509 – 3 August 1546) 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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