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Herculean labours : Erasmus and the editing of St. Jerome's letters in the Renaissance /
The first monograph in English on Erasmus of Rotterdam as an editor of St. Jerome, this book belongs to the growing scholarship on the reception of the Church Fathers in early modern Europe. Erasmus, like other Renaissance humanists, particularly admired Jerome (d. 419 or 420), and he expressed his...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Library of the written word ;
5. Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The first monograph in English on Erasmus of Rotterdam as an editor of St. Jerome, this book belongs to the growing scholarship on the reception of the Church Fathers in early modern Europe. Erasmus, like other Renaissance humanists, particularly admired Jerome (d. 419 or 420), and he expressed his admiration most conspicuously in his edition of Jerome's letters. Proclaiming his editorial Herculean labours, Erasmus energetically promoted himself and his publication. Erasmus' self-promotion cannot be reduced to a secular appropriation of Jerome, however. A detailed examination of a variety of e. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 389 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-378) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047442233 9047442237 1283061201 9781283061209 9786613061201 6613061204 |
| ISSN: | 1874-4834 ; |