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

Erasmus, Desiderius/ Estes, James M. (EDT)/ Dalzell, Alexander (TRN)

University of Toronto Press（2021/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 277 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781487507664
• DDC分類 199.492

Full Description

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.

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Map Showing the Principal Places Mentioned in Volume 21

Letters 2940 to 3141

The Spurious Letter to Pietro Corsi (1535)

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