A Companion to Erasmus
Published on 16. February 2023
Book
Hardback
372 pages
978-90-04-35844-7 (ISBN)
Description
The new Companion to Erasmus in the Renaissance Society of America's Texts and Studies Series draws on the insights of an international team of distinguished experts whose contributions are arrayed in eleven chapters followed by a detailed chronological catalogue of Erasmus' works and an up-to-date bibliography of secondary sources.
The ambition of this companion is to illuminate every aspect of Erasmus' life, work, and legacy while providing an expert synthesis of the most inspiring research in the field. This volume will be of invaluable assistance to students and teachers working in any of the numerous disciplines to which Erasmus devoted his tireless efforts, including philosophy, religion, history, rhetoric, education, and the history of the book.
The ambition of this companion is to illuminate every aspect of Erasmus' life, work, and legacy while providing an expert synthesis of the most inspiring research in the field. This volume will be of invaluable assistance to students and teachers working in any of the numerous disciplines to which Erasmus devoted his tireless efforts, including philosophy, religion, history, rhetoric, education, and the history of the book.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
677 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-35844-7 (9789004358447)
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Person
Eric MacPhail, Ph.D. (1988, Princeton University) is Professor of French at Indiana University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on European Renaissance literature, and since 2013 he has served as editor of the scholarly journal Erasmus Studies.
Content
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 A Life of Learning: Erasmus' Literary & Educational Writings
?Brian Cummings
2 Erasmus and the Church Fathers
?Mark Vessey
3 Erasmus and the Philosophers
?Anita Traninger
4 Erasmus and Biblical Scholarship
?Jan Bloemendal
5 Erasmus and Luther: Free Will and Tradition
?Greta Kroeker
6 Proverbial Wisdom: The Adagiorum Chiliades
?Robert Kilpatrick
7 The Correspondence of Erasmus
?Christine Benevent
8 Print and Humanism: Portrait of Erasmus as a Paper Oracle
?Alexandre Vanautgaerden
9 Erasmus in the History of Religious Tolerance
?Eric MacPhail
10 Erasmus and the Other
?Terence J. Martin
11 Erasmus in Translation (16th-17th Centuries)
?Paul J. Smith
Catalogue of the Works of Erasmus of Rotterdam
?Joan Tello
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 A Life of Learning: Erasmus' Literary & Educational Writings
?Brian Cummings
2 Erasmus and the Church Fathers
?Mark Vessey
3 Erasmus and the Philosophers
?Anita Traninger
4 Erasmus and Biblical Scholarship
?Jan Bloemendal
5 Erasmus and Luther: Free Will and Tradition
?Greta Kroeker
6 Proverbial Wisdom: The Adagiorum Chiliades
?Robert Kilpatrick
7 The Correspondence of Erasmus
?Christine Benevent
8 Print and Humanism: Portrait of Erasmus as a Paper Oracle
?Alexandre Vanautgaerden
9 Erasmus in the History of Religious Tolerance
?Eric MacPhail
10 Erasmus and the Other
?Terence J. Martin
11 Erasmus in Translation (16th-17th Centuries)
?Paul J. Smith
Catalogue of the Works of Erasmus of Rotterdam
?Joan Tello
Bibliography
Index