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The Role of Erasmus in the Career of Gilbert Cousin of Nozeroy (1506-72)Professor Ann Blair, Henri Charles Lea Professor of History, Harvard UniversityWednesday 1 June, 5.30 pmThe life of the humanist Gilbert Cousin  (1506-72) can be traced in relative detail from his early years as an amanuensis to his death after a trial for heresy. Cousin served as the next-to-last amanuensis of Erasmus of Rotterdam, during years the latter spent in Basel and Freiburg im Breisgau (1530-35). After leaving Erasmus, Cousin went on to run a Latin school in his home town of Nozeroy in Franche-Comté and was a prolific humanist author in many genres  (including letters, poems, adages, commentaries, miscellanies, and histories). I will discuss the evidence for Cousin’s work with Erasmus and the impact of Cousin’s experience as an amanuensis on his later activities as teacher and author. I will use contextual parallels to ponder which aspects of Cousin’s trajectory were typical of his milieu and which were not.This lecture is funded by the Cassal Endowment Fund which promotes the French Language, Art and Letters and is administered by the London University Board of Studies in Romance Languages and Literatures.Lecture Room, The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square WC1H 0AB LondonEntrance free