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Erasmus in English, 1523-1584: Volume 2: The Praise of Folly and Other Writings

by Alex Davis, Gordon Kendal

  • Hardback
  • 396 pages
  • Publisher: Texts and Translations
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

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For theology students and history researchers

Features modernised editions of key humanist texts

Deepen your grasp of 16th-century reformation ideas

Discover this essential annotated collection of Erasmus's most influential writings on faith, peace, and reform.

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Although not translated into English until 1549, Erasmus's most famous work, the Praise of Folly, has an English provenance as the product of his friendship with Thomas More. The text of the original translation, by Thomas Chaloner, appears here for the first time in a fully annotated, modernised edition. It is presented alongside a selection from the English Paraphrases, a central text of the Edwardian Reformation; translations of two pacifist works, the Bellum Erasmi and The Complaint of Peace, the second of which is constructed as an oration, like Praise of Folly; and the essay on the adage Sileni Alcibiadis.

  • Title

    Erasmus in English, 1523-1584: Volume 2: The Praise of Folly and Other Writings

  • Authors

    Alex Davis +2

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Texts and Translations

  • Published

    January 2023

  • Weight

    731g

  • Page Count

    396

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781781889459

  • ISBN-10

    1781889457

  • Eden Code

    6156638