
The Correspondence of Erasmus
A painful time in Erasmus'' life is reflected in this volume of letters. As the two volumes immediately previous to this one indicated, Erasmus'' first two years in Louvain were agreeable, productive, and carefree. But the spirit of congenial scholarship in which he lived at this time was gradually giving way to bitter conflict and controversy: Louvain was merely a microcosm of Erasmus'' entire wo...
A painful time in Erasmus'' life is reflected in this volume of letters. As the two volumes immediately previous to this one indicated, Erasmus'' first two years in Louvain were agreeable, productive, and carefree. But the spirit of congenial scholarship in which he lived at this time was gradually giving way to bitter conflict and controversy: Louvain was merely a microcosm of Erasmus'' entire wo...