The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 1926-2081 - Couverture rigide

Erasmus, Desiderius

 
9781442640443: The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 1926-2081
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1442640448 ISBN 13 : 9781442640443
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2011

Synopsis

The predominant theme of the letters of 1528 is Erasmus' controversies with a variety of critics and opponents. The publication in March of the dialogue Ciceronianus, for example, provoked a huge uproar in France because it included an ironic jest that was considered insulting to the great French humanist Guillaume Budé. More serious were the continuing efforts of conservative Catholics in France (Noël Béda), Italy (Alberto Pio), and Spain (members of the religious orders) to prove not only that Erasmus was a secret Lutheran but also that humanist scholarship was the source of the Lutheran heresy. In response to these charges Erasmus wrote letters and books in which he vigorously defended his orthodoxy and assiduously cultivated the support of his many admirers among the princes and prelates of Europe.


The letters also record Erasmus' growing anxiety over the progress of the Reformation in Basel, which would cause him to leave the city in 1529; his diligent attention to his financial affairs, which had improved in recent years thanks to the assistance of the Antwerp banker, Erasmus Schets; and his progress on the great editions of Augustine and Seneca that would be published in 1529.


Volume 14 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

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À propos de l'auteur

Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466-1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe's foremost scholars. A prolific author, Erasmus wrote on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1442640448
ISBN 13 
9781442640443
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
624
Éditeur
Estes James M.
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