Holbein enjoyed rewarding personal and professional friendships with some of the boldest of boldfaced names of the 16th century: Desiderius Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, and, most ...

Sarah Bakewell takes us on a 700-year tour of humanism. ... as when she describes how 16th-century physician Vesalius wrote an anatomy textbook in which he mislabeled the clitoris.

In 2010, she had a breakout hit with “How To Live,” an experimental biography of the 16th-century French essayist Michel de Montaigne that brought a cheeky, self-help-inflected wit to the subject.

These lectures, which will be on "Cerman Humanism of the 16th Century" are made possible by the Ropes Foundation for study of Comparative Literature. They will be given on January 22, 23, and 24.

Meet the 16th-Century German Father and Son Duo Who Invented the Fit Pic. ... As a teen growing up at the turn of the sixteenth century, ... invented the concept of humanism.

The Article 51 of the Constitution, which states that it is the duty of every citizen to develop scientific temper, spirit of inquiry and humanism, is not given the importance it deserves.