Author: Tom TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
An Unequal Match
Author: Tom TaylorColloquies
Author: Desiderius ErasmusPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802058195
Category : Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
Book Description
Erasmus' Familiar Colloquies grew from a small collection of phrases, sentences, and snatches of dialogue written in Paris about 1497 to help his private pupils improve their command of Latin. Twenty years later the material was published by Johann Froben (Basel 1518). It was an immediate success and was reprinted thirty times in the next four years. For the edition of March 1522 Erasmus began to add fully developed dialogues, and a book designed to improve boys' use of Latin (and their deportment) soon became a work of literature for adults, although it retained traces of its original purposes. The final Froben edition (March, 1533) had about sixty parts, most of them dialogues. It was in the last form that the Colloquies were read and enjoyed for four centuries. For modern readers it is one of the best introductions to European society of the Renaissance and Reformation periods, with lively descriptions of daily life and provocative discussions of political, religious, social, and literary topics, presented with Erasmus's characteristic wit and verve. Each colloquy has its own introduction and full explanatory, historical, and biographical notes. Volumes 39 and 40 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series - Two-volume set.
East and West in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004291938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
East and West in the Roman Empire of the Fourth Century examines the (dis)unity of the Roman Empire in the fourth century from different angles, in order to offer a broad perspective on the topic and avoid an overvaluation of the political division of the empire in 395. After a methodological key-paper on the concepts of unity, the other contributors elaborate on these notions from various geo-political perspectives: the role of the army and taxation, geographical perspectives, the unity of the Church and the perception of the divisio regni of 364. Four case-studies follow, illuminating the role of concordia apostolorum, antique sports, eunuchs and the poet Prudentius on the late antique view of the Empire. Despite developments to the contrary, it appears that the Roman Empire remained (to be viewed as) a unity in all strata of society.
Johnson and Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language
Author: Samuel JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
THE CAMBRIDGE POETS
Author: R E Neil DodgeNew and Enlarged Dictionary of the English Language
Author: The Complete Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser
Author: Edmund SpenserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
“A” dictionary of the English language
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Noah WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Chasing and Racing, Some Sporting Reminiscences
Author: Harding Edward de Fonblanque CoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coursing
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description