Erasmus of Rotterdam - 9781442645080

Erasmus of RotterdamAdvocate of a New Christianity\nAuthor(s): Christine Christ von-Wedel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442645080, 978-1442645080\nSynopsis\nThis book provides the first analysis of the development of Erasmus historical methodology and its impact on Roman Catholic and Protestant theologians. Combining a biography of Erasmus with the larger theological debates and the intellectual history of his time, Christine Christ-von Wedel reveals many of previously unexplored influences on Erasmus, as well as his influences on his contemporaries.\n\n Erasmus of Rotterdam is a revised and considerably enlarged translation of Christ-von Wedels well-received 2003 study, originally published in German. Observing the influence of classical, biblical, patristic, scholastic, and late medieval vernacular and popular sources on Erasmus writing, the author provides comparisons with theologians Agrippa, .