The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 2635 to 2802, Volume 19

by Desiderius Erasmus, Clarence Miller (Translator), James M. Estes (Noted by)

Overview

This volume includes Erasmus’ correspondence for the months April 1532 to April 1533, a period in which he feared a religious civil war in Germany. In his desire to move somewhere far enough from Germany to be safe and yet not so far that an old man could not undertake the journey, Erasmus eventually decided to accept the invitation from Mary of Hungary, regent of the Netherlands, to return to his native Brabant. In March 1533, the terms of Erasmus’ return were settled and in July they were formally approved by the emperor. But by this time Erasmus’ fragile health had already declined to the point that he could not undertake the journey, and he would never recover sufficiently to do so. The works published in the months covered by this volume include the eighth, much-enlarged edition of the Adagia, and the Explanatio symboli, the catechism that delighted Erasmus’ followers but gave Martin Luther much ammunition for a brutal attack on him in his Epistola de Erasmo Roterodamo of 1534.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487530495
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	11/04/2019
Series:	Collected Works of Erasmus , #19
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe’s foremost scholars. A prolific author, Erasmus wrote on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects.

Clarence H. Miller is an American Professor Emeritus of English at Saint Louis University.

James M. Estes is professor emeritus of history at Victoria College, University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 19

Letters 2635 to 2802

Table of Correspondents

Works Frequently Cited

Short-Title

Forms of Erasmus’ Works

Corrigenda for Earlier Volumes

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Erasmus, master of scholars, is well served by the CWE. James M. Estes brings the Allens’ edition up to date. He adds a letter unknown to the Allens (Ep. 2563A), redates five letters (and explains why), and repairs an omission in Ep. 2688. For both CWE 18 and 19 Estes provides concise introductions that put the letters in historical context—the Diet of Augsburg, the Siege of Vienna, war between Swiss cantons—and within Erasmus’ much larger output of new writings and new editions."

—Willis Goth Regier, University of Illinois, Erasmus Studies

From the Publisher

"Erasmus, master of scholars, is well served by the CWE. James M. Estes brings the Allens' edition up to date. He adds a letter unknown to the Allens (Ep. 2563A), redates five letters (and explains why), and repairs an omission in Ep. 2688. For both CWE 18 and 19 Estes provides concise introductions that put the letters in historical context—the Diet of Augsburg, the Siege of Vienna, war between Swiss cantons—and within Erasmus' much larger output of new writings and new editions."

Erasmus Studies - Willis Goth Regier