The Correspondence of Erasmus : Letters 2204-2356 (August 1529-July 1530)

Erasmus, Desiderius (author., Author, Author). Dalzell, Alexander (Added Author). Estes, James M. (Added Author).

Summary: The letters in this volume reflect Erasmus' anxiety about the endemic warfare in Western Europe, the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe, and the increasing threat of armed conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Germany. Unable and unwilling to attend the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530), summoned by Emperor Charles V in the attempt to mediate a religious settlement, Erasmus corresponded with those in attendance, urging them (in vain) to preserve peace at all costs.The letters also shed light on Erasmus' controversies with Catholic critics (Luis de Carvajal and Frans Titelmans) who accused him of Lutheran sympathies, and former friends among the Protestant reformers (Gerard Geldenhouwer and others in Strasbourg), who embarrassed him by citing him in support of their views. Because of a mysterious and debilitating illness (identified in an appendix to the volume) the twelve months covered were less productive of scholarship than was usual for Erasmus, but it did see the publication of the five-volume Froben edition of St. John Chrysostom in Latin.

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ISBN: 9781442668331
Physical Description: 1 online resource (472 p.) : 1 map
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Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Copyright: ©2015

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Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume -- 2204 / To Janus Cornarius - 2240 / From Claudius Cantiuncula -- 2241 / To François Bonvalot - 2276 / From Andrea Alciati -- 2277 / To Johann von Botzheim - 2312A / To Jacopo Sadoleto -- 2313 / From Caspar Ursinus Velius - 2356 / To Viglius Zuichemus and Karel Sucket -- Erasmus' Illness in 1530 -- Table of Correspondents -- Works Frequently Cited -- Short-Title Forms for Erasmus' Works -- Corrigenda for CWE 15 -- Index -- Backmatter
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