Erasmus, Contarini, and the Religious Republic of Letters

Constance M. Furey

ISBN 10: 0521103436 / ISBN 13: 9780521103435

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2008

About this Item

This 2005 book examines how the religious search for meaning shaped contemporary assumptions about friendship, gender, reading and writing. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400. . 2009. Reissue. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Erasmus, Contarini, and the Religious Republic of Letters
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521103436
• ISBN 13: 9780521103435
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Though the paradigm of modernist progression has been challenged on many fronts, Erasmus and other sixteenth-century figures are still commonly viewed as people who led the transition from a religious Middle Ages to a more godless modern era. By analyzing the lives, work, and correspondence of Erasmus, Thomas More, Margaret More Roper, Reginald Pole, Gasparo Contarini, and Vittoria Colonna, this book demonstrates how these Catholic men and women of letters created a distinctive kind of religious community rooted in friendship and spiritualized scholarship.

About the Author

Constance M. Furey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University. The research for this book was aided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.