The Erasmus Reader

by Erika Rummel (Editor)

Overview

'... The Erasmus Reader extends this impact to the carrels and desks of beginning and advanced students of Renaissance and Reformation history.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442659230
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1990
Series:	Heritage
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	678 KB

About the Author

Erika Rummel is a professor emerita in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Erasmus: His Life and Works
   • Brief Outline of His Life / Compendium vitae
   • Catalogue of His Works / Catalogus lucubrationum
2. Erasmus as Educator
   • The Antibarbarians / Antibarbarorum liber
   • On Education for Children / De pueris instituendis
   • On Good Manners / De civilitate
3. Erasmus the Christian Humanist
   • The Ciceronian / Dialogus Ciceronianus
   • The Handbook of the Christian Soldier / Enchiridion militis christiani
4. Erasmus as Reformer and Critic of the Church
   • Praise of Folly / Moriae encomium
   • Letter to Dorp / Letter 337
   • The Luther Affair / Letters 980, 1033, 1202
   • Julius Excluded from Heaven / Dialogus Julius exclusus e coelis
   • Shipwreck / Naufragium (from the Colloquies)
5. Erasmus and Politics
   • The Education of a Christian Prince / Institution principis christiani
   • A Complaint of Peace / Querela pacis
   • On the War against the Turks / De bello turcico
   • One Ought to Be Born a King or a Fool / Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oprtere (from the Adages)

Notes

Chronology

Bibliography

English and Latin Titles of Erasmus' Works

Index