Exploiting Erasmus : the Erasmian legacy and religious change in early modern England / Gregory D. Dodds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodds, Gregory D., author.

Series:

Erasmus studies.

Erasmus studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536--Influence.

Erasmus, Desiderius.

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536--Criticism and interpretation--16th century.

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536--Criticism and interpretation--History--17th century.

Religious thought--England--16th century.

Religious thought.

Religious thought--England--17th century.

England--Intellectual life--16th century.

England.

England--Intellectual life--17th century.

England--Church history--16th century.

England--Church history--17th century.

Genre:

History.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Church history.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploiting Erasmus examines the legacy of Erasmus in England from the mid-sixteenth century to the overthrow of James II in 1688 and studies the various ways in which his works were received, manipulated, and used in religious controversies that threatened both church and state.

Contents:

The Englishing of the Paraphrases

Theology and rhetoric in the English Paraphrases

Transmitting Erasmus in Elizabethan England

The Erasmian perspective in the Elizabethan church

The malleable Erasmus, 1603-1649

Constructing the moderate middle in early Stuart England

Erasmian rhetoric and religious war

The Erasmian legacy to 1689.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-9315-0

1-4426-8805-X

OCLC:

647920954