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Erasmus, Man of Letters

Paperback • 2015 • English

Erasmus, Man of Letters

By Lisa Jardine

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About the book

The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Erasmus himself--the historical as opposed to the figural individual--was a brilliant, maverick innovator, who achieved little formal academi...Show more

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9780691165691

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Erasmus, Man of Letters

Format

Paperback

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