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ERASMUS
The Correspondence of Erasmus
Letters 2082–2203
NEW
Edited by James M. Estes
Translated by Alexander Dalzell
This volume contains the surviving correspondence
of Erasmus for the first seven months of 1529. For
nearly eight years he had lived happily and
productively in Basel. In the winter of 1528-9, however,
the Swiss version of the Lutheran Reformation
triumphed in the city, destroying the liberalreformist
atmosphere Erasmus had found so
congenial. Unwilling to live in a place where Catholic
doctrine and practice were officially proscribed,
Erasmus resettled in the quiet, reliably Catholic
university town of Freiburg im Breisgau,
Despite the turmoil of moving, Erasmus managed
to complete the new Froben editions of Seneca and
St Augustine, both monumental projects that had
been underway for years. He also found time to
engage in controversy with his conservative Catholic
critics, as well as to write a long letter lamenting the
execution for heresy of his friend Louis de Berquin
at Paris.
James M. Estes is professor emeritus in the
Department of History at the University of Toronto.
Alexander Dalzell is professor emeritus in the
Department of Classics at Trinity College, University
of Toronto.
(Collected Works of Erasmus 15)
Approx. 528 pp / 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ / April 2012
Cloth 978-1-4426-4203-4 $175.00 (£122.99)
Controversies
Clarifications Concerning the Censures Published in Paris
in the Name of the Parisian Faculty of Theology
NEW
Edited and translated by Clarence H. Miller
Introduction by Clarence H. Miller
and James K. Farge
Erasmus’ humanistic approach to theology and
biblical exegesis presented a shocking challenge to
the theologians at the University of Paris, which had
been dominated by scholastic theology for centuries.
Erasmus engaged in a decade-long controversy over
his theological, exegetical, and ethical positions
with the Theological Faculty, and especially with
their director, Noël Béda.
This volume – which translates this crucial quarrel
from Latin for the first time – details the formal,
wide-ranging attack on Erasmus’ theories printed
by the faculty in 1531, along with his two replies.
Erasmus published his first rebuttal in the spring of
1532, and that fall issued a second edition with substantial
revisions and lengthy additions to his original
text. With an extensive introduction and detailed
commentary, this volume highlights the differences
between the humanist and scholastic views of genuine
theology more fully and extensively than most of
Erasmus’ other polemical works.
Clarence H. Miller is a professor emeritus in the
Department of English at St. Louis University. James
K. Farge is a senior fellow and librarian at the
Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies at the
University of Toronto.
(Collected Works of Erasmus 82)
Approx. 560 pp / 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ / May 2012
Cloth 978-1-4426-4115-0 $175.00 (£122.99)
The Correspondence of Erasmus
Letters 1802–1925
Translated by Charles Fantazzi
Annotated by James K. Farge
The 129 letters in this volume of the Collected
Works centre primarily on Erasmus’ continuing
struggle with his Catholic critics, especially those in
Spain and France, and on his growing criticism of
the Protestant reform movement. The correspondence
from this period documents Erasmus attempts to
justify his position and to win favour with powerful
institutions, rulers, and other men of influence in
both secular and religious spheres.
Although the Spanish Inquisition’s investigation
of his activities did not bring about charges against
him, the Paris Faculty of Theology in December
1527 formally condemned 112 propositions drawn
from Erasmus’ works. The letters in this volume,
written by and to Erasmus at a critical time in his
career, represent his political views on a Europe torn
apart by war and religious separatism, as well as his
enduring commitment to principles of Christian
humanism and scholarship.
Charles Fantazzi is a professor in the Department
of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East
Carolina University and a professor emeritus in the
Department of Classics at the University of Windsor.
(Collected Works of Erasmus 13)
624 pp / 19 illustrations / 6 ¾ x 9 ¾ / 2010
Cloth 978-0-8020-9059-1 $175.00 (£122.99)
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