Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
Published on 16. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-84212-413-0 (ISBN)
Description
The eminent Dutch historian Johan Huizinga (1872-1945) has a special sympathy for the complex, withdrawn personality of Erasmus and for his advocacy of intellectual and spiritual balance in a quarrelsome age. This biography is a classic work on the sixteenth-century scholar / humanist. Again available in paperback, this edition contains thirty-two illustrations and a selection of letters from Erasmus' vast correspondence. First published in 1924, this book was written as a companion piece to Huizinga's masterwork THE WANING OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
32 B/W Photo\Illu(s),1 Line Drawing(s)
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
349 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84212-413-0 (9781842124130)
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Person
Huizinga, one of Europe's greatest historians, was educated at the universities of Groningen and Leipzig. After teaching history in Haarlem and lecturing in Indian literature at Amsterdam, he was professor of history first at Groningen (1905-15) and then at Leiden until 1942, when he was held as a hostage by the Nazis. He remained under open arrest until his death in 1945.