The Erasmus Reader
'Rummel's collection makes available readable translations of Erasmus' most original and influential works; the books that made him the intellectual conscience of this generation of scholars and the inspiration of many Reformers who took positions he did not accept. They reveal the biblical scholar, the humanist and literary theorist, and the social critic that Erasmus was, far more fully and vividly than any previous anthology.' - Anthony Grafton, Program in History of Science, Princeton...
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'Rummel's collection makes available readable translations of Erasmus' most original and influential works; the books that made him the intellectual conscience of this generation of scholars and the inspiration of many Reformers who took positions he did not accept. They reveal the biblical scholar, the humanist and literary theorist, and the social critic that Erasmus was, far more fully and vividly than any previous anthology.' - Anthony Grafton, Program in History of Science, Princeton University
IntroductionErasmus: His Life and WorksBrief Outline of His Life / Compendium vitaeCatalogue of His Works / Catalogus lucubrationumErasmus as EducatorThe Antibarbarians / Antibarbarorum liberOn Education for Children / De pueris instituendisOn Good Manners / De civilitateErasmus the Christian HumanistThe Ciceronian / Dialogus CiceronianusThe Handbook of the Christian Soldier / Enchiridion militis christianiErasmus as Reformer and Critic of the ChurchPraise of Folly / Moriae encomiumLetter to Dorp / Letter 337The Luther Affair / Letters 980, 1033, 1202Julius Excluded from Heaven / Dialogus Julius exclusus e coelisShipwreck / Naufragium (from the Colloquies)Erasmus and PoliticsThe Education of a Christian Prince / Institution principis christianiA Complaint of Peace / Querela pacisOn the War against the Turks / De bello turcicoOne Ought to Be Born a King or a Fool / Aut regem aut fatuum nasci oprtere (from the Adages)NotesChronologyBibliographyEnglish and Latin Titles of Erasmus' WorksIndex
