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16th-century letter writers

  • Thomas MoreThomas More entered the world on the 7th of February 1478 within the City of London. His father Sir John More was a successful lawyer who later became a…
  • Marguerite de NavarreMarguerite de Navarre entered the world on the 11th of April 1492 in Angoulême, France. Her mother Louise of Savoy was only nineteen years old when she…
  • ErasmusDesiderius Erasmus was born in Rotterdam on the 27th or the 28th of October, likely around 1466. His parents could not legally marry because his father…