The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 993 to 1121, Volume 7

✍ Scribed by Desiderius Erasmus; P.G. Bietenholz; R.A.B. Mynors

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Leaves: 482
Series: Collected Works of Erasmus; 7
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The volume features several memorable letters by Thomas More that testify to his integrity and clear-sightedness, his capacity for sober self-assessment and restraint combined with charity. It also contains one of Erasmus' most famous letters, Ep 999, which paints a subtle and sparkling pen portrait of More, the man and the Christian.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume
Letters 993 to 1053
Letters 1054 to 1121
The dialogue of the two-tongued and the trilinguals / Dialogus bilinguium ac trilinguium
Notes
Table of correspondents
Works frequently cited
Short-title forms for erasmus’ works
Index

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