Encounters with a radical Erasmus : Erasmus' work as a source of radical thought in Early modern Europe / / Peter G. Bietenholz

• Autore: Bietenholz Peter G.
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009; ©2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/4094
• Soggetto topico: Radicalism - Europe - History - 16th century; Radicalism - Europe - History - 17th century; Authors and readers - Europe - History - 16th century; Authors and readers - Europe - History - 17th century
• Soggetto geografico: Europe
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Sebastian Franck scrutinizes Erasmus' Annotationes to the New Testament -- Mining antitrinitarian ore from Erasmus' New Testament -- Peace and war according to Erasmus' New Testment -- The Castello circle : religious toleration and radical reasoning -- Erasmus, his mistress folly, and the garden of Epicurus -- Doctoring the truth : Cardano's Erasmian physic for the Libertins -- Epicureanism, scepticism, and libertinage in early modern France -- Radical echoes of Erasmus in seventeenth-century England -- The taste of Erasmian spice in some classics of early modern literature -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: An engaging look at Erasmus' theological, philosophical and socio-political influence, Encounters with a Radical Erasmus will prove useful to scholars of humanism, theology, the Reformation and Renaissance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Encounters with a radical Erasmus
• ISBN: 1-4426-9317-7; 1-4426-8799-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781112403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Erasmus studies.