The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 142-297 (1501-1514)

390 Pages·1975·21.173 MB·English

by  Desiderius Erasmus, R.A.B. Mynors, D.F.S. Thomson

COLLECTED WORKS OF ERASMUS
VOLUME 2
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Illustrations
A bird's-eye view of Saint-Omer
36
Deventer/ Count Kennenberg besieging the town in 1578
64
Richard Foxe, bishop of Winchester
102
Julius n
104
Autograph letter, Erasmus to Aldo Manuzio, 1507
130
Aldo Manuzio, portrait medal
134
Erasmus Adagiorum chiliades title page
138
Ring and seal with Terminus figure
150
Thomas More
162
Plan of Cambridge in 1575
184
William Warham
228
Adolph of Burgundy, heer van Veere
236
John Yonge, Master of the Rolls
240
Contents
Illustrations
viii
Preface
xi
Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 2
xiv
LETTERS 142 TO 297
1
The Purchasing Power of Coins and of Wages
in England and the Low Countries
from 1500 to 1514
307
Table of Correspondents
348
Works Frequently Cited
352
Short Title Forms for Erasmus' Works
354
Index
357
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Roland H. Bainton, Yale University
Marcel Bataillon, College de France
C.M. Bruehl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie
van Wetenschappen
Myron P. Gilmore, Harvard University
Etienne Gilson, Academic francaise
S.L. Greenslade, Oxford University
O.B. Hardison jr, Folger Shakespeare Library
Otto Herding, Universitat Freiburg
Werner Kaegi, Universitat Basel
Robert M. Kingdon, University of Wisconsin
Maurice Lebel, Universite Laval
Jean-Claude Margolin, Centre d'etudes superieures de la
Renaissance de Tours
Jaroslav Pelikan, Yale University
Margaret Mann Phillips, University of London
Pierre Sage, Universite de Lyon and Universite Laval
Richard S. Sylvester, Yale University
J.B. Trapp, Warburg Institute
The Collected Works of Erasmus
The aim of the Collected Works of Erasmus
is to make available an accurate, readable English text
of Erasmus' correspondence and his
other principal writings. The edition is planned
and directed by an Editorial Board, an Executive Committee,
and an Advisory Committee.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Peter G. Bietenholz, University of Saskatchewan
Beatrice Corrigan, University of Toronto, Co-ordinating Editor
Wallace K. Ferguson, University of Western Ontario
James K. McConica CSB, University of Toronto
R.A.B. Mynors, Oxford University
G.M. Story, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Craig R. Thompson, University of Pennsylvania
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Peter G. Bietenholz, University of Saskatchewan
Beatrice Corrigan, University of Toronto
Wallace K. Ferguson, University of Western Ontario
Jean C. Jamieson, University of Toronto Press
Marsh Jeanneret, University of Toronto Press
James K. McConica CSB, University of Toronto
Ian Montagnes, University of Toronto Press
R.J. Schoeck, University of Maryland
R.M. Schoeffel, University of Toronto Press
G.M. Story, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Craig R. Thompson, University of Pennsylvania
Prudence Tracy, University of Toronto Press
The research costs of the Collected Works of Erasmus
have been underwritten by a Killam Senior Research Scholarship
awarded by the Killam Program of the Canada Council.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
The correspondence of Erasmus.
(Collected works of Erasmus, v. i- )
CONTENTS: [i] Letters i to 141,1484 to 1500.-
[2] Letters 142 to 297,1501 to 1514.
i. Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536-Correspondence.
PA85H.A5E551974 199'.492 72-97422
ISBN 0-8020-1983-8
THE CORRESPONDENCE OF
ERASMUS
LETTERS 142 TO 297
1501 TO 1514
translated by R. A.B. Mynors and D.F.S. Thomson
annotated by Wallace K. Ferguson
University of Toronto Press
Toronto and Buffalo
Autograph letter, Erasmus to Thomas Wolsey, 1514
274
Thomas Wolsey
304
The ecu d'or a la couronne
The Tudor gold angel-noble
The first English shilling
340