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UNINA9910452404103321 |
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Autore |
Erasmus Desiderius |
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The correspondence of Erasmus : letters 2082 to 2203 / / translated by Alexander Dalzell ; annotated by James M. Estes |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Edizione |
[Volume 15] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (428 p.) |
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Collana |
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Collected Works of Erasmus ; ; Voluem 15 |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Netherlands |
Humanists - Netherlands |
Netherlands - Intellectual life - 16th century - Sources |
Reformation |
HISTORY / Renaissance |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume -- Letters 2082 to 2125 -- Letters 2126 to 2203 -- Table of Correspondents -- Works Frequently Cited -- Short-title Forms for Erasmus' Works -- Index -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume contains the surviving correspondence of Erasmus for the first seven months of 1529. For nearly eight years he had lived happily and productively in Basel. In the winter of 1528-9, however, the Swiss version of the Lutheran Reformation triumphed in the city, destroying the liberal-reformist atmosphere Erasmus had found so congenial. Unwilling to live in a place where Catholic doctrine and practice were officially proscribed, Erasmus resettled in the quiet, reliably Catholic university town of Freiburg im Breisgau,Despite the turmoil of moving, Erasmus managed to complete the new Froben editions of Seneca and St Augustine, both monumental projects that had been underway for years. He also found time to engage in controversy with his conservative Catholic critics, as well as to write a long letter lamenting |
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the execution for heresy of his friend Louis de Berquin at Paris. |
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