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Definition of Geert Geerts

1. Noun. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536).

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Literary usage of Geert Geerts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Text and Canon of the New Testament by Alexander Souter (1913)
"This was the work of the brilliant humanist, Desiderius Erasmus (Geert Geerts), of Rotterdam, and appeared at Basle in Switzerland in 1516. ..."

2. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1911)
"See, then, first a little Dutch boy known only as Geert Geerts, son of a certain Gerard and a certain Margaret, daughter of a physician, ..."

3. A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules by Josephus Nelson Larned (1901)
"That son, thus born out of wedlock, was known in youth as Geert Geerts, or Gerhard Gerhards, —that is, Geert's or Gerhard's son; but he afterwards assumed a ..."

4. A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules by Josephus Nelson Larned (1901)
"That son, thus born out of wedlock, was known in youth as Geert Geerts, or Gerhard Gerhards, —that is, Geert's or Gerhard's son; but he afterwards assumed a ..."

5. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the by George J Hagar (1910)
"Eras'mus, Desiderius (originally Geert, Geerts, Gerhard, or Gerhards), abt. 1467-1536; Dutch scholar and philosopher ; b. ..."

6. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts by Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique (1852)
"Il se nommait Geert Geerts. Je suppose qu'on vînt à parler rie lui, en disant qu'il fut une des gloires du XVI" siècle, assurément on eu ..."

7. Janus by Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Geschiedenis der Genees-, Natuur- en Wiskunde (1903)
"He has just the same claim to the name of Paracelsus that Gerhardt (Geert Geerts) had to that of Desiderius Erasmus and Della Scala to that of Scaliger. ..."

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