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Thucydidis Atheniensis historiographi De bello Peloponnensium Atheniensiumque libri VIII. Laurentio Valla interprete: et nunc a Conrado Heresbachio ad graecum exemplar diligentissime recogniti

Typology: Translation | Language: Latin | Place of publication: Köln | Publisher: Eucharius Cervicornus excudebat | Year: 1527

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Conrad Heresbach (1496-1576), humanist and jurist closely associated with Erasmus of Rotterdam. Educated in Cologne and later in France, Heresbach taught Greek in Freiburg before earning a doctorate in civil law from the University of Ferrara. In 1523, he became tutor and later advisor to the heir of Cleves. There, he helped shape the duchy's moderate religious policies, including the church ordinances of 1525, 1532, and 1567, which sought to mediate between Catholic and Protestant positions. Late in life, Heresbach turned to agricultural studies, authoring the first systematic description of farming practices in a German territory. A close friend of Melanchthon, he stood for moderation and religious reconciliation. DB

Revision of Valla's translation, by Heresbach – see Valla 1452. With Partenio's Latin translation of Marcellinus' Vita Thucydidis.

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