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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456785303321

Autore

Dodds Gregory D.

Titolo

Exploiting Erasmus : the Erasmian legacy and religious change in early modern England / / Gregory D. Dodds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4426-8805-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Collana

Erasmus studies

Disciplina

199/.492

Soggetti

Religious thought - England - 16th century

Religious thought - England - 17th century

Electronic books.

England Intellectual life 16th century

England Intellectual life 17th century

England Church history 16th century

England Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- ONE. The Englishing of the Paraphrases -- TWO. Theology and Rhetoric in the English Paraphrases -- THREE. Transmitting Erasmus in Elizabethan England -- FOUR. The Erasmian Perspective in the Elizabethan Church -- FIVE. The Malleable Erasmus, 1603-1649 -- SIX. Constructing the Moderate Middle in Early Stuart England -- SEVEN. Erasmian Rhetoric and Religious War -- EIGHT. The Erasmian Legacy to 1689 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Desiderius Erasmus' humanist works were influential throughout Europe, in various areas of thought including theology, education, philology, and political theory. 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. In viewing movements and events



such as the rise of anti-Calvinism, the religious politics leading to the English civil war, and the emergence of the Latitudinarians during the Restoration, Gregory D. Dodds provides a fascinating account not only of the reception and effects of Erasmus' works, but also of the early history of English Protestantism. Exploiting Erasmus offers a critical new angle for rethinking the theology and rhetoric of the time. It is a remarkable study of Erasmus' influence on issues of conformity, tolerance, war, and peace.