 Other English essayists included Sir William Cornwallis, who published essays in 1600 and 1617 that were popular at the time, Robert Burton (1577–1641) and Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682).In Italy, Baldassare Castiglione wrote about courtly manners in his essay "Il Cortigiano".In the 17th century, the Spanish Jesuit Baltasar Gracián wrote about the theme of wisdom.