The correspondence of Erasmus

Author(s)

• Erasmus, Desiderius
• Mynors, R. A. B. (Roger Aubrey Baskerville), Sir
• Thomson, Douglas F. S.
• Ferguson, Wallace Klippert
• McConica, James
• Bietenholz, Peter G.
• Estes, James Martin
• Dalzell, Alexander
• Nauert, Charles
• Fantazzi, Charles
• Farge, James K.
• Miller, Clarence H.

Bibliographic Information

The correspondence of Erasmus

translated by R.A.B. Mynors and D.F.S. Thomson ; annotated by Wallace K. Ferguson

（Collected works of Erasmus, v. 1-19）

University of Toronto Press, c1974-

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Other Title

Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterodami

Note

Translation of: Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterodami

Translators: vols. [1]-[6], R.A.B. Mynors and D.F.S. Thomson; vols. [7]-[9], R.A.B. Mynors; vols. [10], R.A.B. Mynors and Alexander Dalzell; vols. [11]-[12], [15]-[16], Alexander Dalzell; vols. [13]-[14], [17]-[18], Charles Fantazzi; vols. [19], Clarence H. Miller with Charles Fantazzi

Annotators: vols. [1]-[2], Wallace K. Ferguson; vols. [3]-[4], James K. McConica; vols. [5]-[8], Peter G. Bietenholz; vols. [9]-[10], [14]-[19], James M. Estes; vols. [11]-[12], Charles G. Nauert; v. [13], James K. Farge

The correspondence scheduled for vols. 1-22 of the Collected works

[1]: Letters 1 to 141, 1484-1500. -- [2]: Letters 142 to 297, 1501-1514. -- [3]: Letters 298 to 445, 1514-1516. -- [4]: Letters 446 to 593, 1516-1517. -- [5]: Letters 594 to 841, 1517-1518. -- [6]: Letters 842 to 992, 1518-1519. -- [7]: Letters 993 to 1121, 1519-1520. -- [8]: Letters 1122 to 1251, 1520-1521. -- [9]: Letters 1252 to 1355, 1522-1523. -- [10]: Letters 1356 to 1534, 1523-1524. -- [11]: Letters 1535 to 1657, January-December 1525. -- [12]: Letters 1658 to 1801, January 1526-March 1527.-- [13]: Letters 1802 to 1925, March-December 1527. -- [14]: Letters 1926 to 2081, 1528. -- [15]: Letters 2082 to 2203, 1529. -- [16]: Letters 2204 to 2356, August 1529-July 1530. -- [17]: Letters 2357 to 2471, August 1530-March 1531. -- [18]: Letters 2472 to 2634, April 1531-March 1532. -- [19]: Letters 2635 to 2802, April 1532-April 1533

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

[6] ISBN 9780802055002

Description

This volume covers a number of significant events and issues in Erasmus' life and in the history of his times. He travels on horseback from Louvain to Basel to assist his publisher and friend Johann Froben during the crucial phases in the production of his revised New Testament, the edition that he feels will be his lasting contribution to the scholarly foundations of the Christian faith. Once it is in the hands of the public he feels he will be able to face the approach of old age more calmly. On the return journey to Louvain he falls gravely ill from what is diagnosed as bubonic plague, but recovers in a month and convalesces in the home of another publisher-friend, Dirk Martens. International politics continue to capture his attention. Requests for funds in support of a papal crusade against the Turks arouse the flames of German national sentiment. With the death of Maximilian I, friends of Erasmus such as Richard Pace, Ulrich von Hutten, and Guillaume Bude are involved in diplomatic negotiations concerning the imperial succession. When Prince Ferdinand arrives from Spain and requires a tutor, the question of Erasmus' own return to active court duties is raised. After the appearance of Luther's Ninety-five Theses on indulgences, purgatory, and papal authority, the question arises among conservatives whether Erasmus' work too is a threat to the traditional ways of the church and society. For the time being, Erasmus is prepared to commend Luther and defend the latter's right to be critical of the church. Erasmus' overriding conviction at this point is that he and Luther are both part of the great intellectual and spiritual renewal that is taking place in so many parts of Europe. As Luther's appearance lends a new kind of spiritual and patriotic vigour to German humanism, the cult of Erasmus-Erasmus the fellow German-becomes an integral part of that new enthusiasm, with Saxony and its elector, Frederick the Wise, at its center.

Volume

[17] ISBN 9781442648784

Description

Many of the letters in this volume, which covers the period August 1530 to March 1531, reflect Erasmus' anxieties over events at the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530), at which the first of many attempts to achieve a negotiated settlement of the religious division in Germany came to a rancorous conclusion, thus fostering the fear that religious controversy would eventually lead to war. His other chief concerns were the continued attacks on him by Catholic critics who regarded him as a clandestine Lutheran, and the insistence of many evangelical reformers that he was their spiritual father. The literary output of the period covered includes major works aimed at members of both groups. Volume 17 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

Table of Contents

Illustrations Preface Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 17 LETTERS 2357 to 2471 Table of Correspondents Works Frequently Cited Short-Title Forms of Erasmus' Works Index

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• ISBN:
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  • 0802053661
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  • 9781442648784
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  • 9781487504588
• LCCN: 72097422
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA8511.A5
  • DC : 199/.492
  • NDC6 : 132.66
  • NDC8 : 132.6
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Erasmus, Desiderius, 1466-1536 -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Netherlands -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Humanists -- Netherlands -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 -- Correspondence
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0080697X