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Tag: Charles V

Posted on August 22, 2023December 19, 2025

Erasmus 500 years on: Charles V writes to Margaret of Austria, lobbying for Erasmus’ pension

Erasmus was entitled to a pension from emperor Charles V, but had not received it since he had left Brabant (Leuven) in the fall of 1521, despite numerous reminders he sent out. Finally, in the summer of 1523, Charles wrote to his aunt Margaret of Austria, urging her in a French letter to pay the …

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