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The reproductive copyright of these articles
often belongs to the publishers, nevertheless the intellectual copyright belongs to the author.
I therefore take the liberty to present a digital version of the content of some of my
academic publications. I took the opportunity to add some material to the articles,
material I had to
suppress because of the scholarly demand to be succinct.
My intention is to publish some of the elements of my original research alongside the
articles themselves, e.g. sources I consulted that are not (or only with
difficulty) accessible, or simply hard to find. For those who want to improve their
mastery of the Dutch language: some [links to digitally available]
articles published in my native tongue are included.
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The legend of Marot
offering his Psalms to the Emperor Charles V in 1540 (the Villemadon Letter)
A critical essay about the 'legend' that in the winter of 1539/1540 Marot
offered his Psalm paraphrases first to King Francis I and then to the
Emperor Charles V (passing through Paris). One can read this story
everywhere, but its historicity does not stand scrutiny. Even worse: this
legend obscures some elementary facts in the chronology of Marot's Psalm
paraphrases. The original article
was published in
Renaissance Studies, Volume 22 Issue 2, Pages 240 - 250
[online: 21 Mar 2008. DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-4658.2008.00489.x]
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"Dear Doctor
Bouchart, I am no Lutheran... : Marot addressing the
core-issue of the theological debate of his time. In this essay an often quoted poem (Epistre à M. Bouchart)
is close-read. The reference to his own captivity and his
plaidoyer of not being guilty of the charge of heresy (core: I confess 'being a christian',
and reject the addition of any confessional
adjective to this confession) is carefully examined and reinterpreted
from its publication date: after the 'Wonder-Year' (1533) and before the
'Affaire des Placards' (1534, the annus horribilis of the French
Reformation). En passant the famous story of Marot having been imprisoned
because he had eaten 'the bacon' (1526) is critically assessed and demythologised.
The article was published in Bibliothèque d’Humanisme et Renaissance – Tome
LXX – 2008 – no. 3, pp. 567-578.
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New light on Marot's final days, his tomb
and laudatory epitaph in Turin (published in Studi Francesi
161/2010 [anno LIV - fascicoloII - maggio/agosto 2010], 293-303; re-edited to
better fit the way articles are read on www). In this research-essay the Turin
Cathedral (the shrine of the shroud) is explored looking for traces of
Marot's burial place. Because of some coincidences the exact spot of the epitaph
inside the Church (erased by
the Inquisition) could be established. A reproduction and some photographs make things
imaginable.
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How not to publish a
bibliographical Summa of sixteenth-century books (French Vernacular Books).
This critical assessment of a major bibliographical achievement, coordinated
by Andrew Pettegree (St Andrews), finds its origin in high expectations
(created by the propaganda around this project), and the disappointment when
the two impressive volumes appeared and did not meet their own basic
standards. Even worse: next to new publications, discovered by the team of
St Andrews, the publication of the results added to the chaos on the terrain
of 16th century bibliography because new ghost-entries were created. It was
published as a Review Article in Brill's Church History and Religious
Culture, Volume 88, Number 3, 2008 , pp. 445-461.
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The world created harmoniously like a lute
(three poems (Fr-Eng-Dutch) compared. Article in Dutch, with English
summary, in which the origin of the imagery in three poems (the English and
Dutch being translations of the French original) is traced back to
Pythagoras, and via Boethuis to Honorius of Autun (as one for many Medieval
authors).
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