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This week's featured author pagesPhilip Sidney (1554 - 1586) -- English Renaissance writer and gentleman, whose commitment to poetry has been an inspiration to poets
Jean Bodin (1530 - 1596) -- French political theorist who argued for the absolute soverignty of the state
John Keats (1795 - 1821) -- nineteenth century English poet, a principal figure in the Romantic movement
Marquis de Sade (1740 - 1814) -- notorious 18th century French writer of erotic novels
Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536) -- leading figure in the Renaissance humanism movement