Germain de Brie
Germain de Brie (* 1490 in Auxerre , † 1538 in Paris ; Latinized spelling Germanus Brixius ) was a French humanist .
Germain de Brie was a college friend of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim . De Brie was a student of Johannes Laskaris from 1508 and was friends with Erasmus von Rotterdam throughout his life . He was secretary to the Bishop of Albi , Lois de Amboise and, in 1512, to Queen Anne de Bretagne . Between 1517 and 1520 he had a literary controversy with Thomas More . Germain de Brie was later Archdeacon of Albi.
The Chordigerae navis conflagratio sang Marie la Cordelìere , the flagship of the Duchy of Brittany, sunk in heroic battle in the naval battle of Saint Mathieu .
Works and editions
- Chordigerae navis conflagratio . Paris 1513
- Antimorus . Paris 1519
- Epitaphs for Erasmus (originated in 1536), in Catalogi duo operum Desiderii Erasmi. Basel 1537
Individual evidence
literature
- Herbert Jaumann : Handbook of scholarly culture in the early modern period . Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin 2004. ISBN 3110160692
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brie, Germain de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French humanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1490 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auxerre |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1538 |
| Place of death | Paris |