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The Age of Erasmus
A variety of related lectures by one of the twentieth century's most noted Erasmus scholars.
Burgundy
"Burgundy - The Splendid Duchy" from Percy Stafford Allen. British classical scholar (1869 - 1933).
Burgundy - The Splendid Duchy
"Burgundy - The Splendid Duchy" from Percy Stafford Allen. British classical scholar (1869 - 1933).
The Age of Erasmus
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The Age of Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus; (27 October 1466 - 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. Erasmus was a classical scholar who wrote in a pure Latin style. Amongst humanists, he enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists"; he has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists." Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. He also wrote On Free Will, The Praise of Folly, Handbo...
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London By Percy Allen The importance of biography for the study of history can hardly be overrated. In a sense it is true that history should be like the law and 'care not about very small things'; concerning itself not so much with individual personality as with fundamental causes affecting the rise and fall of nations or the development of mental outlook from one age to another. But even if this be conceded, we still must not forget that the course of history is worked out by individuals, who, in spite of the accidental condensation that the needs of human life thrust upon them, are isolated at the last and alone-for n...
