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Rodolphus Agricola. Agricola was born in Baflo in the Dutch province of Groningen as the illegitimate son of the cleric and future abbot Hendrik Vries and Zycka Huesman, a rich farmer's daughter. [2] He was originally named Roelof Huesman, or Huisman, his mother's surname. The Latin adjective Phrisius identifies him as a Frisian.
Rodolphus is a Latin form of the name Rudolf. Notable people with this name include: ... Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485), humanist scholar; Rodolphus Dickinson (1797 ...
Alardus took part in the publication of Agricola's De inventione dialectica in 1515, and was editor of a revised edition in Cologne in 1538. [5] His major work was the two-volume collected edition of Agricola of 1539.
An instrument was built in the Martinikerk in the middle of the 15th century; this was expanded in 1479 after the construction of the Gothic tower, probably under the direction of Rodolphus Agricola, Groningen's syndic and a noted humanist. From this late-Gothic instrument, numerous pipes survive today.
Baflo (Dutch pronunciation:; Gronings: Bavvelt) is a village in the municipality of Het Hogeland, Netherlands.. Famous people born in Baflo include humanist Rodolphus Agricola (1443/1444–1485) and jurist Gezina van der Molen (1892–1972).
He wanted to study with the humanist and musician Rodolphus Agricola, who was active at Ferrara in the 1470s and later Heidelberg, and several letters written by Agricola to Barbireau have survived; one of them gives useful clues about Barbireau's life. According to it, Barbireau was already active as a composer by 1484, and implies that his ...
Peter Agricola (1525–1585), German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar, theologian and diplomat; Philipp Agricola (fl. 1571–1594), German poet and dramatist; Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485), Dutch scholar and humanist; Stephan Agricola, also Kastenpaur (1491–1547), German scholar and theologian, formerly an Augustinian friar
The history of Aduard dates back to the foundation in 1192 of the Cistercian Aduard Abbey, where famous early Humanists like Rodolphus Agricola and Wessel Gansfort studied and lectured. The centre of the village is dominated by the so-called Abdijkerk (abbey church), one of the last visible remains of the erstwhile prestigious monastery.