The Age of Erasmus: Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London

Allen, P.S.

ISBN 10: 1579100848 / ISBN 13: 9781579100841

Edité par Wipf and Stock 11/12/1997, 1997

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Paperback. New book. Previously published by Oxford, . This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon. 303 pp.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Age of Erasmus: Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London
• Éditeur: Wipf and Stock 11/12/1997
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1579100848
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781579100841
• Reliure: Couverture souple

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Synopsis

A variety of related lectures by one of the twentieth century's most noted Erasmus scholars.

Biographie de l'auteur

Percy Stafford Allen (July 7, 1869 – June 16, 1933) was a British classical scholar, best known for his writings on Erasmus. Born Percy Stafford in Twickenham, London, he received his early education in Rottingdean. From 1882, he studied Latin and Greek at Clifton College and after 1888 at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. One of his Oxford tutors was the historian and biographer James Anthony Froude In 1892 he received his BA, and his MA in 1896. From 1897 to 1901 he taught history at Government College in Lahore, British India (modern Pakistan). He returned to Oxford in 1908 as a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. From 1924 to 1933 he was president of Corpus Christi College. He was married to Helen Mary Allen (1872–1952), whose surname he added to his own. Allen is best known as the editor of the complete letters of Erasmus of Rotterdam, a twelve volume work. Among other writings, he also published The Age of Erasmus: Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford and London (1914) and Letters of Richard Fox 1486-1527(1929).