The Essential Erasmus
Subtitle: Intellectual Titan of the Renaissance
Contributors: John P. Dolan (Translator)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: New American Library
Published: June 1964
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9789994311606
Subjects: Doctrines; Humanism; Theology; Catholic Church
First sentence: Not unlike a number of other prominent Renaissance figures-Pope Clement VII, Leonardo da Vinci, Don Juan of Austria, to name a few-Erasmus' birth and early childhood are somewhat obscured by the unhappy fact that he was born out of wedlock.