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UltimApe@ultimape• over 3 years ago
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@literalbanana @pelavarre "All citizens of the 17th-century Republic of Letters corresponded by letter, exchanged published papers and pamphlets, and considered it their duty to bring others into the Republic through the expansion of correspondence." https://t.co/pfYjcQyPs1https://t.co/MN6UDZtFxF
Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 3 years ago
alrighty its time to do some wikipedia spelunking on The Republic Of Letters let's see... first known occurrence is in a letter by Francesco Barbaro (1390-1454) to Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459). Let's start there... plot their births against other historical figures for context https://t.co/AyNkiwsyJf
