Erasmus and the age of Reformation : with a selection from the letters of Erasmus / Johan Huizinga.
Material type: TextLanguage: engdut Series: Harper torchbooks, TB19Description: xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:- 0691008019
- 9780691008011
- Erasmus. English
- Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
- Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Netherlands -- Biography
- Humanism -- Netherlands -- History -- 16th century
- Humanists -- Netherlands -- Biography
- Reformation -- Biography
- Scholars, Medieval -- Netherlands -- Biography
- Netherlands -- Intellectual life -- 16th century
- 922.2492 928.79
- 209 Er14z H876e
- PA 8518 .H83 1957
- 15.70
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) | 209 Er14z H876e (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | SS000856144 |
Huizinga's text was translated from the Dutch by F. Hopman and first published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1924. The selection from the Letters of Erasmus was translated by Barbara Flower.
Childhood and early youth, 1466-88 -- In the monastery, 1488-95 -- The University of Paris, 1495-9 -- First stay in England, 1499-1500 -- Erasmus as a humanist -- Theological aspirations, 1501 -- Years of trouble-Louvain, Paris, England, 1502-6 -- In Italy, 1506-9 -- The praise of folly -- Third stay in England, 1509-14 -- A light of theology, 1514-16 -- Erasmus's mind -- Erasmus's character -- At Louvain, 1517-18 -- First years of the reformation -- Erasmus at Basle, 1521-9 -- Controversy with Luther and growing conservatism, 1524-6 -- At war with humanists and reformers, 1528-9.
In this very readable biography, a noted scholar traces Erasmus's youth, his years as an itinerant scholar, sojourns in England, France, Switzerland, and Italy, friendship with Sir Thomas More, and disputes with Martin Luther. The author also probes Erasmus's mind and character and discusses his writings.
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