Editing Johann Reuchlin (section)

==Early life==
Johann Reuchlin was born at [[Pforzheim]] in the [[Black Forest]] in 1455, where his father was an official of the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] monastery. According to the fashion of the time, his name was [[Greek language|graecized]] by his Italian friends into '''Capnion''' (Καπνίων), a [[nickname]] which Reuchlin used as a sort of transparent mask when he introduced himself as an interlocutor in the ''De Verbo Mirifico''. He remained fond of his home town; he constantly calls himself '''Phorcensis''', and in the ''De Verbo'' he ascribes to Pforzheim his inclination towards literature.{{sfn|Smith|1911|p=204}}

Here he began his [[Latin]] studies in the monastery school, and, though in 1470 he was for a short time at [[University of Freiburg|Freiburg]], that university seems to have taught him little. Reuchlin's career as a scholar appears to have turned almost on an accident; his fine voice gained him a place in the household of [[Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden|Charles I, Margrave of Baden]], and soon, having some reputation as a Latinist, he was chosen to accompany Frederick, the third son of the prince, to the [[University of Paris]].{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} Frederick was some years his junior, and was destined for an ecclesiastical career. This new connection did not last long, but it determined the course of Reuchlin's life. He now began to learn [[Greek language|Greek]], which had been taught in the French capital since 1470, and he also attached himself to the leader of the Paris realists, [[Jean Heynlin|Jean à Lapide]] (d. 1496), a worthy and learned man, whom he followed to the vigorous young [[University of Basel]] in 1474.{{sfn|Smith|1911|pp=204–205}}