Author: William Barker
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789144515
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The first English-language popular biography of widely influential northern Renaissance scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam in twenty years. Erasmus of Rotterdam came from an obscure background but, through remarkable perseverance, skill, and independent vision, became a powerful and controversial intellectual figure in Europe in the early sixteenth century. He was known for his vigorous opposition to war, intolerance, and hypocrisy, and at the same time for irony and subtlety that could confuse his friends as well as his opponents. His ideas about language, society, scholarship, and religion influenced the rise of the Reformation and had a huge impact on the humanities, and that influence continues today. This book shows how an independent textual scholar was able, by the power of the printing press and his wits, to attain both fame and notoriety. Drawing on the immense wealth of recent scholarship devoted to Erasmus, Erasmus of Rotterdam is the first English-language popular biography of this crucial thinker in twenty years.
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Author: William Barker
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789144515
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The first English-language popular biography of widely influential northern Renaissance scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam in twenty years. Erasmus of Rotterdam came from an obscure background but, through remarkable perseverance, skill, and independent vision, became a powerful and controversial intellectual figure in Europe in the early sixteenth century. He was known for his vigorous opposition to war, intolerance, and hypocrisy, and at the same time for irony and subtlety that could confuse his friends as well as his opponents. His ideas about language, society, scholarship, and religion influenced the rise of the Reformation and had a huge impact on the humanities, and that influence continues today. This book shows how an independent textual scholar was able, by the power of the printing press and his wits, to attain both fame and notoriety. Drawing on the immense wealth of recent scholarship devoted to Erasmus, Erasmus of Rotterdam is the first English-language popular biography of this crucial thinker in twenty years.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789144515
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The first English-language popular biography of widely influential northern Renaissance scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam in twenty years. Erasmus of Rotterdam came from an obscure background but, through remarkable perseverance, skill, and independent vision, became a powerful and controversial intellectual figure in Europe in the early sixteenth century. He was known for his vigorous opposition to war, intolerance, and hypocrisy, and at the same time for irony and subtlety that could confuse his friends as well as his opponents. His ideas about language, society, scholarship, and religion influenced the rise of the Reformation and had a huge impact on the humanities, and that influence continues today. This book shows how an independent textual scholar was able, by the power of the printing press and his wits, to attain both fame and notoriety. Drawing on the immense wealth of recent scholarship devoted to Erasmus, Erasmus of Rotterdam is the first English-language popular biography of this crucial thinker in twenty years.
The First Tome Or Volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus Upon the Newe Testamente
Author: Miles Coverdale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Erasmus
Author: Leon E. Halkin
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631193883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Erasmus was arguably the most outstanding intellectual figure of the sixteenth century. Through his numerous writings he took part in the great debates of the Renaissance: humanism, pacifism and religious reform. In this biography Leon Halkin meticulously reconstructs his life and demonstrates the enduring relevance of his writings today.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631193883
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Erasmus was arguably the most outstanding intellectual figure of the sixteenth century. Through his numerous writings he took part in the great debates of the Renaissance: humanism, pacifism and religious reform. In this biography Leon Halkin meticulously reconstructs his life and demonstrates the enduring relevance of his writings today.
The Praise of Folly
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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The Complaint of Peace
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Peace
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Exploiting Erasmus
Author: Gregory D. Dodds
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802099009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Exploiting Erasmus examines the legacy of Erasmus in England from the mid-sixteenth century to the overthrow of James II in 1688 and studies the various ways in which his works were received, manipulated, and used in religious controversies that threatened both church and state.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802099009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Exploiting Erasmus examines the legacy of Erasmus in England from the mid-sixteenth century to the overthrow of James II in 1688 and studies the various ways in which his works were received, manipulated, and used in religious controversies that threatened both church and state.
The Essential Erasmus
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452009723
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In his own day a center of controversy, in the four hundred years since his death known too often solely as an apostle of mockery and irreverence, Erasmus can be seen today in a new light—as a humanist whose concen is at once contemporary and Christian. The Essential Erasmus is the first single volume in English to show the full spectrum of this Renaissance man's thought, which is no less profound because it is expressed with the grace, wit, and ironic detachment only a great writer can achieve. Contains the full text of In Praise of Folly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452009723
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In his own day a center of controversy, in the four hundred years since his death known too often solely as an apostle of mockery and irreverence, Erasmus can be seen today in a new light—as a humanist whose concen is at once contemporary and Christian. The Essential Erasmus is the first single volume in English to show the full spectrum of this Renaissance man's thought, which is no less profound because it is expressed with the grace, wit, and ironic detachment only a great writer can achieve. Contains the full text of In Praise of Folly
Praise of Folly
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847490100
Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847490100
Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Erasmus
Author: Cornelis Augustijn
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442654333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Erasmus: His Life, Works, and Influence is a comprehensive introduction to Erasmus's life, works, and thoughts. It integrates the best scholarship of the past twenty years and will appeal to undergraduates in all areas of cultural history as well as Erasmus specialists.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442654333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Erasmus: His Life, Works, and Influence is a comprehensive introduction to Erasmus's life, works, and thoughts. It integrates the best scholarship of the past twenty years and will appeal to undergraduates in all areas of cultural history as well as Erasmus specialists.
The Adages of Erasmus
Author: Érasme
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802048745
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This annotated selection of 116 proverbs, which includes all the longer essays, is based on the translation in the Collected Works of Erasmus."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802048745
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This annotated selection of 116 proverbs, which includes all the longer essays, is based on the translation in the Collected Works of Erasmus."--BOOK JACKET.