Erasmus, Man of Letters : The Construction of Charisma in Print - Updated Edition /

Overview: The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jardine, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [England] : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Edition:New paperback printing with a new preface by the author.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536
Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536 > Authorship.
Scholarly publishing.
Printing.
Intellectual life.
Humanists.
Authorship.
Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Authors and publishers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Latin.
Imprimerie > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Édition savante > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Humanistes > Pays-Bas.
Art d'ecrire > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Écrivains et editeurs > Pays-Bas > Histoire > 16e siecle.
Écrivains latins medievaux et modernes > Pays-Bas > Biographies.
Printing > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Scholarly publishing > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Humanists > Netherlands.
Authorship > History > 16th century.
Authors and publishers > Netherlands > History > 16th century.
Authors, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Netherlands > Biography.
Netherlands.
Pays-Bas > Vie intellectuelle > 16e siecle.
Netherlands > Intellectual life > 16th century.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Overview: The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation as the central figure of the European intellectual world. Erasmus himself--the historical as opposed to the figural individual--was a brilliant, maverick innovator, who achieved little formal academic recognition in his own lifetime. What Jardine offers here is not only a fascinating study of Erasmus but also a bold account of a key moment in Western history, a time when it first became possible to believe in the existence of something that could be designated "European thought."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations, map.
ISBN:9781400866175

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