The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 2940 to 3141, Volume 21 (Collected Works of Erasmus)

✍ Scribed by Desiderius Erasmus

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Leaves: 692
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume comprises Erasmus' correspondence during the final two years of his life, June 1534–August 1536. In the public sphere it was a time of dramatic events: the reconquest of the duchy Württemberg from its Austrian occupiers; the siege and destruction of the Anabaptist "kingdom" at Münster; Charles V's great victory at Tunis; and the resumption of the Habsburg-Valois wars in Italy. In the private sphere, these were years of deteriorating health, thoughts of impending death, and the loss of close friends (including Thomas Fisher and Thomas More, both executed by Henry VIII). At the same time, however, Erasmus managed to publish his longest book, Ecclesiastes, and to make arrangements, in his final will, for his considerable wealth to be spent for charitable purposes after his death.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 21
Letters 2940 to 3141
The Spurious Letter to Pietro Corsi
Erasmus’ Last Will
The Letter to Petrus Paludanus
Expositio Fidelis
Addenda to Earlier Volumes
Table of Correspondents
Works Frequently Cited
Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works
Corrigenda for Earlier Volumes
Index

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