The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 1535-1657, Volume 11

by Erasmus, Charles G. Nauert, Alexander Dalzell

The Peasant's War in Germany and his own ill-health combined to keep Erasmus confined to the city of Basel during 1525, but he was still able to maintain an active correspondence spanning all of Europe. In the preceding year, he had published De libero artbitrio/Freedom of the Will, his first open attack on the teachings of Martin Luther. Despite this public defence of Catholic doctrine, Erasmus was continually forced in his correspondence to reply...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802005365
• ISBN13: 9780802005366
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher