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  • Collected Works of Erasmus

    Controversies, Volume 74

    by Desiderius Erasmus, Alexander Dalzell, Erika Rummel, Charles Fantazzi, Stephen Ryle, Douglas A Shantz ...
    Series Book 74 - Collected Works of Erasmus
    Erasmus’ thorough engagement with the New Testament, in particular his revision of the Vulgate translation, aroused much controversy, especially in the orthodox Roman Catholic country of Spain. Erasmus had to fight fierce polemics with several people, including two Spanish scholars, Diego López Zúñiga and Sancho Carranza de Miranda, who were both connected to the University of Alcalà. This quarrel ... Read more

    $155.99 CAD

  • The Correspondence of Erasmus

    Letters 2940 to 3141, Volume 21

    by Desiderius Erasmus ...
    Translated by Alexander Dalzell ...
    Series Book 21 - Collected Works of Erasmus
    This volume comprises Erasmus' correspondence during the final two years of his life, June 1534–August 1536. In the public sphere it was a time of dramatic events: the reconquest of the duchy Württemberg from its Austrian occupiers; the siege and destruction of the Anabaptist "kingdom" at Münster; Charles V's great victory at Tunis; and the resumption of the Habsburg-Valois wars in Italy. In the ... Read more

    $210.99 CAD

  • The Correspondence of Erasmus

    Letters 2204 to 2356, Volume 16

    by Desiderius Erasmus, James M. Estes ...
    Translated by Alexander Dalzell ...
    Series Book 16 - Collected Works of Erasmus
    The letters in this volume reflect Erasmus’ anxiety about the endemic warfare in Western Europe, the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe, and the increasing threat of armed conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Germany. Unable and unwilling to attend the Diet of Augsburg (June–November 1530), summoned by Emperor Charles V in the attempt to mediate a religious settlement, Erasmus ... Read more

    $173.99 CAD

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  • Through the Eye of a Needle

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    by Peter Brown ...
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  • Hobbes: On the Citizen

    by Thomas Hobbes ...
    Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
    De Cive (On the Citizen) is the first full exposition of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher of all time. Professors Tuck and Silverthorne have undertaken the first complete translation since 1651, a rendition long thought (in error) to be at least sanctioned by Hobbes himself. On the Citizen is written in a clear, straightforward, expository style, ... Read more

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  • The War On Heresy

    Faith and Power in Medieval Europe

    by Professor R. I. Moore ...
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  • Europe's Inner Demons

    The Demonization of Christians In Medieval Christendom

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    In a fascinating work of history, Jonathan Sumption brings alive the traditions of pilgrimage prevalent in Europe from the beginning of Christianity to the end of the fifteenth century. Vividly describing such major destinations as Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Canterbury, he examines both major figures - popes, kings, queens, scholars, villains - and the common people of their day. ... Read more

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  • The Correspondence of Erasmus

    Letters 2357 to 2471, Volume 17

    by Desiderius Erasmus ...
    Translated by Charles Fantazzi ...
    Series Book 17 - Collected Works of Erasmus
    Many of the letters in this volume, which covers the period August 1530 to March 1531, reflect Erasmus' anxieties over events at the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530), at which the first of many attempts to achieve a negotiated settlement of the religious division in Germany came to a rancorous conclusion, thus fostering the fear that religious controversy would eventually lead to war. His ... Read more

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