[[97]] See Geiger, p. 360.
[[98]] An educational movement was set in motion at Deventer by the Brethren of the Common Life, headed by Gerhard Groot, and later by Radewins. The chief of many brilliant pupils were Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, Rudolph Agricola, and Alexander Hegius. Among its offshoots was the School of Schletstadt in Alsace, whence Wimpheling came.
[[99]] Defensio theologiae contra turpem libellum Philomusi.
[[100]] See letter of Wimpheling to Brant, quoted by Schmidt, Histoire Litteraire de l'Alsace, i., page 31.
[[101]] Quoted, Geiger, page 364.
[[102]] See Prof. Ulmann, Studie über Maximilians I Plan einer deutschen Kirchenreform in 1510—in Briegers Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte, vol. iii.
[[103]] Creighton, vi., page 13.
[[104]] Janssen, i., p. 304. The English translation of Alexander Barclay, published in 1508, is a favourite with collectors of rare editions.
[[105]] "A prince can mak' a belted knight A marquis, duke an' a' that;
But an honest man's aboon his might—
Guid faith, he mauna fa' that."—Burns.
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