The Essential Erasmus
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Book
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Category
Catholic Church - History
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Publication Year
1964
Publisher
The New American Library, Inc., United States
Pages
397
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Erasmus was four centuries ahead of his time.
In his own day a center of controversy, in the four hundred years since his death known too often solely as an apostle of mockery and irreverence, Erasmus can be seen today in a new light . . . as a humanist whose concern is at once contemporary and Christian.
The Essential Erasmus is the first single volume in English to show the full spectrum of this Renaissance man's thought, which is no less profound because it is expressed with the grace, wit, and ironic detachment only a great writer can achieve.
John P. Dolan is Professor of European History at the Graduate School of the University of Notre Dame. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, he received his A.B. from the University of Notre Dame in 1947 and his Ph.D. (magna cum laude) in 1955 from the University of Bonn. From 1951 to 1957 he was associated with the office of the United States High Commission for Germany, and he lectured in Germany and Austria for the United States Information Agency. Professor Dolan's work include Unity and Reform: Selected Writings of Nicholas of Cusa. He is at present working on a history of the Reformation.
Taken from the back cover.
Selected and newly translated, with an Introduction and commentary by John P. Dolan.
In his own day a center of controversy, in the four hundred years since his death known too often solely as an apostle of mockery and irreverence, Erasmus can be seen today in a new light . . . as a humanist whose concern is at once contemporary and Christian.
The Essential Erasmus is the first single volume in English to show the full spectrum of this Renaissance man's thought, which is no less profound because it is expressed with the grace, wit, and ironic detachment only a great writer can achieve.
John P. Dolan is Professor of European History at the Graduate School of the University of Notre Dame. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, he received his A.B. from the University of Notre Dame in 1947 and his Ph.D. (magna cum laude) in 1955 from the University of Bonn. From 1951 to 1957 he was associated with the office of the United States High Commission for Germany, and he lectured in Germany and Austria for the United States Information Agency. Professor Dolan's work include Unity and Reform: Selected Writings of Nicholas of Cusa. He is at present working on a history of the Reformation.
Taken from the back cover.
Selected and newly translated, with an Introduction and commentary by John P. Dolan.
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