Encounters with a radical Erasmus
Subtitle: Erasmus' work as a source of radical thought in Early modern Europe
By: Peter G. Bietenholz
Series: Erasmus studies; Erasmus studies
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780802099051
Subjects: Histoire; Authors and readers; Crítica e interpretación; Criticism and interpretation; Influenser; Influencia; History; Culturele invloeden; Analys och tolkning; Radikalism; Radicalism; Radicalisme; Influence; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); 08.23 renaissance philosophy; Historia; Écrivains et lecteurs; Critique et interprétation
Other titles: Introduction.; Sebastian Franck scrutinizes Erasmus' Annotationes to the New Testament.; Mining antitrinitarian ore from Erasmus' New Testament.; Peace and war according to Erasmus' New Testment.; Castello circle : religious toleration and radical reasoning.; Erasmus, his mistress folly, and the garden of Epicurus.; Doctoring the truth : Cardano's Erasmian physic for the Libertins.; Epicureanism, scepticism, and libertinage in early modern France.; Radical echoes of Erasmus in seventeenth-century England.; Taste of Erasmian spice in some classics of early modern literature.; Conclusion.
Description: "Although Erasmus is now accepted as a harbinger of liberal trends in mainstream Christian theology, the radical - even subversive - aspects of his work have received less attention than they merit. Beginning with a redefinition of the term 'radicalism,' Peter G. Bietenholz examines the radical aspects of Erasmus' writings and their effects on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century readers." "In this study, Bietenholz explores the more controversial Erasmus scholarship on the New Testament and the ways in which it influenced prominent thinkers, including John Milton and Sir Isaac Newton. Turning to other challenges to orthodoxy in Erasmus' writings, Bietenholz shows how Erasmus' opposition to war inspired radical manifestations of pacifism over the centuries. Bietenholz also describes how Erasmus' forthright statements on freedom of thought and religious tolerance elicited both warm approval and fierce rejection, and demonstrates his role in fostering the early modern culture of.

Scepticism." "Based on a fresh reading of original sources and reactions of contemporary readers who were demonstrably familiar with Erasmus' works, Encounters with a Radical Erasmus makes an important and a unique contribution to the intellectual and religious history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-305) and Index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Sebastian Franck scrutinizes Erasmus' Annotationes to the New Testament; title: Mining antitrinitarian ore from Erasmus' New Testament; title: Peace and war according to Erasmus' New Testment; title: The Castello circle : religious toleration and radical reasoning; title: Erasmus, his mistress folly, and the garden of Epicurus; title: Doctoring the truth : Cardano's Erasmian physic for the Libertins; title: Epicureanism, scepticism, and libertinage in early modern France; title: Radical echoes of Erasmus in seventeenth-century England; title: The taste of Erasmian spice in some classics of early modern literature; title: Conclusion.