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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780691903321

Autore

Mansfield Bruce

Titolo

Erasmus in the twentieth century : interpretations, c 1920-2000 / / Bruce Mansfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-282-02345-4

9786612023453

1-4426-7455-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Collana

Erasmus Studies

Disciplina

878/.0409

Soggetti

PHILOSOPHY / Religious

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Final vol. in the trilogy which includes Phoenix of his age, published 1979, and, Man on his own, published 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Quatercentenary -- Erasmus' liberation theology -- Erasmus and his audiences -- Interlude: Quincentenary (1967-70) -- Erasmus theologian: in the penumbra of Vatican 2 -- Rhetoric and reality -- Epilogue: Sesquiquatercentenary (1986) and after.

Sommario/riassunto

Bruce Mansfield shows how shifting interpretations and changing critical regard for Erasmus and his work reflect cultural shifts of the last century.