A Companion to Erasmus / / edited by Eric MacPhail.

• Superior document: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023
• TeilnehmendeR: MacPhail, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2023.; The Renaissance Society of America ; 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

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.