Life and Letters of Erasmus (Classic Reprint): Lectures Delivered at Oxford 1893-4 - Couverture souple

Froude, James Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330570073 ISBN 13 : 9781330570074

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Life and Letters of Erasmus: Lectures Delivered at Oxford 1893-4 gathers James Anthony Froude’s clear, accessible portrait of Erasmus through his letters, travels, and the era he helped shape. The volume blends historical analysis with vivid, human scenes, inviting readers to see the Reformation era through Erasmus’s eyes.

In these lectures, the great scholar’s character and thoughts emerge from intimate scenes—journeys by boat and coach, meetings with merchants, clerics, and scholars, and the everyday trials of a life spent between learning and controversy. It offers a steady, readable path through a period where passion and prejudice colored much of the history that followed.

• Engaging, life‑like sketches drawn from Erasmus’s letters and experiences on the road and at major European centers.


• Balanced context on church reform, humanism, and the people who shaped the era.


• Readable synthesis of biography and historical analysis that illuminates Erasmus’s influence and his times.


• Accessible prose that makes Renaissance history inviting for general readers and students alike.

Ideal for readers of history, Renaissance studies, and religious reform who want a grounded, human portrait of a pivotal figure.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Lectures are published as they were delivered. The references are to the edition of the Works of Erasmus which was brought out at Ley den in 1702. The letters from which I quote are so numerous and so elaborate that it is impossible for me in a mere sketch to give complete translations of them. I have been obliged, as the reader will see, to abridge, compress, and epitomise. My object has been rather to lead historical readers to a study of Erasmus sown writings than to provide an abbreviated substitute for them. Erasmus advises students to read only the best books on the subjects with which they are occupied. He cautions them against loading their memories with the errors of inferior writers which they will afterwards have to throw off and forget. The best description of the state of Europe in the age immediately preceding the Reformation will be found in the correspondence of Erasmus himself. I can promise my own readers that if they will accept Erasmus for a guide in that entangled period, they will not wander far out of the way. J. A. FROUDE. July,
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330570073
• ISBN 13: 9781330570074
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 447
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