A Companion to Erasmus

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-35844-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 677 g

Reihe: The Renaissance Society of America

The new Companion to Erasmus in the Renaissance Society of America’s Texts and Studies Series draws on the insights of an international team of distinguished experts whose contributions are arrayed in eleven chapters followed by a detailed chronological catalogue of Erasmus’ works and an up-to-date bibliography of secondary sources.

The ambition of this companion is to illuminate every aspect of Erasmus’ life, work, and legacy while providing an expert synthesis of the most inspiring research in the field. This volume will be of invaluable assistance to students and teachers working in any of the numerous disciplines to which Erasmus devoted his tireless efforts, including philosophy, religion, history, rhetoric, education, and the history of the book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

MacPhail, Eric M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 A Life of Learning: Erasmus’ Literary & Educational Writings

Brian Cummings

2 Erasmus and the Church Fathers

Mark Vessey

3 Erasmus and the Philosophers

Anita Traninger

4 Erasmus and Biblical Scholarship

Jan Bloemendal

5 Erasmus and Luther: Free Will and Tradition

Greta Kroeker

6 Proverbial Wisdom: The Adagiorum Chiliades

Robert Kilpatrick

7 The Correspondence of Erasmus

Christine Bénévent

8 Print and Humanism: Portrait of Erasmus as a Paper Oracle

Alexandre Vanautgaerden

9 Erasmus in the History of Religious Tolerance

Eric MacPhail

10 Erasmus and the Other

Terence J. Martin

11 Erasmus in Translation (16th–17th Centuries)

Paul J. Smith

Catalogue of the Works of Erasmus of Rotterdam

Joan Tello

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eric MacPhail, Ph.D. (1988, Princeton University) is Professor of French at Indiana University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on European Renaissance literature, and since 2013 he has served as editor of the scholarly journal Erasmus Studies.