Collected Works of Erasmus Volume 83: Controversies

Desiderius Erasmus; Guy Bedouelle [ed]

ISBN 10: 0802043100 / ISBN 13: 9780802043108

Published by University of Toronto Press, 1998

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A little shelf wear to brown cloth hardcover. Otherwise a solid, unmarked volume. Index. lvii; 198 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Works of Erasmus Volume 83: Controversies
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802043100
• ISBN 13: 9780802043108
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Volumes 71-84 of the Collected Works of Erasmus contain Erasmus' arguments with his numerous critics - English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian, both Catholic and Protestant, - on a range of theological, educational, literary, classical, social, and philological topics. Volume 83 includes four treatises: Apology against Jacques Lef¦vre d'Etaples; An Appendix on the Writings of Josse Clichtove; Refutation of the Accusations of Josse Clichtove against the Suasoria of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam in Praise of Marriage; and The Reply of Erasmus to the Disputation of a Certain Phimostomus on Divorce. In these essays Erasmus discusses popular concerns such as the relations between the sexes, celibacy, marriage, divorce, and how to live a good life. Modern readers will be surprised to discover how close the problems that preoccupied Erasmus are to our own concerns today.

Professor Bedouelle's introduction provides an indispensable guide to the major points of controversy between Erasmus and Lef¦vre, Clichtove, and Dietenberger.

Volume 83 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

About the Author

Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe’s foremost scholars. A prolific author, Erasmus wrote on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects.
Guy Bedouelle OP is Professor of Church History, Albertinum, Fribourg, Switzerland.