<p>The letters in this volume reflect Erasmusβ anxiety about the endemic warfare in Western Europe, the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe, and the increasing threat of armed conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Germany.</p>
The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 2082 to 2203, Volume 15
β Scribed by Desiderius Erasmus; James M. Estes; Alexander Dalzell
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 427
- Series
- Collected Works of Erasmus; 15
- Edition
- Volume 15
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This volume contains the surviving correspondence of Erasmus for the first seven months of 1529. For nearly eight years he had lived happily and productively in Basel.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume
Letters 2082 to 2125
Letters 2126 to 2203
Table of Correspondents
Works Frequently Cited
Short-title Forms for Erasmusβ Works
Index
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