The Correspondence of Erasmus

Letters 2082 to 2203, Volume 15

Desiderius Erasmus, James M. Estes (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

426 Seiten

2017
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-2256-8 (ISBN)

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This volume contains the surviving correspondence of Erasmus for the first seven months of 1529. For nearly eight years he had lived happily and productively in Basel. In the winter of 1528-9, however, the Swiss version of the Lutheran Reformation triumphed in the city, destroying the liberal-reformist atmosphere Erasmus had found so congenial. Unwilling to live in a place where Catholic doctrine and practice were officially proscribed, Erasmus resettled in the quiet, reliably Catholic university town of Freiburg im Breisgau,

Despite the turmoil of moving, Erasmus managed to complete the new Froben editions of Seneca and St Augustine, both monumental projects that had been underway for years. He also found time to engage in controversy with his conservative Catholic critics, as well as to write a long letter lamenting the execution for heresy of his friend Louis de Berquin at Paris.

Volume 15 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

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. James M. Estes is professor emeritus of history at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Alexander Dalzell is professor emeritus of classics at the University of Toronto (Trinity College).

Illustrations

Preface

Map showing the principal places mentioned in Volume 15

Letters 2082-2203

Table of Correspondents

Works Frequently Cited

Short-title Forms for Erasmus’ Works

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Collected Works of Erasmus
Übersetzer	Alexander Dalzell
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	171 x 248 mm
Gewicht	780 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10	1-4875-2256-8 / 1487522568
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-2256-8 / 9781487522568
Zustand	Neuware