<P>The tranquil world reflected in Erasmusโ early letters from Louvain gradually disintegrated in the years covered by Volume 7. In the letters of Volume 8, which spans the period of Erasmusโ last fifteen months in the Netherlands and his move to Basel during 1520 and 1521, his situation worsens.</P
The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 1122 to 1251, Volume 8
โ Scribed by Desiderius Erasmus; P.G. Bietenholz; R.A.B. Mynors
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 517
- Series
- Collected Works of Erasmus; 8
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
An exchange of letters between Juan de Vergara and Diego Lรณpez Zรบรฑiga which bears on the controversy then raging between Erasmus and Zรบรฑiga is included as an appendix to this volume.
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ERASMUS LETTERS 1122 TO 1251
1122. To Matthias [Meyner]โ 1167. To Lorenzo Campeggi
1168. To Christoph Hegendorfโ 1207. From Basilius Amerbach
1208. To Maximiliaan van Hornโ 1251. From Johannes Sapidus
The Vergara-Zรบรฑiga Correspondence
Money and Coinage of the Age of Erasmus
Notes
Table of Correspondents
Works Frequently Cited
Short-Title Forms for Erasmus' Works
Index
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