Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

The Peasant's War in Germany and his own ill-health combined to keep Erasmus confined to the city of Basel during 1525, but he was still able to maintain an active correspondence spanning all of Europe.

Das Geschichtswerk des Thukydides zeichnet sich durch einen Stil aus, der syntaktische Komplexität, gesuchte Unregelmäßigkeit und eine teils extreme Komprimierung der Sprache miteinander verbindet.

Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries in Spain, a large number of parodic works were produced that featured depictions of humourous, satirical, and comical saints.

The question of whether or not our decisions and efforts make a difference in an uncertain and uncontrollable world had enormous significance for writers in Anglo-Saxon England.