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Collected Works of Erasmus, Volume 14: The Correspondence of Erasmus, Letters 1926 to 2081, 1528 , trans. Charles Fantazzi, annot. James M. Estes (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011). Cloth, xxiv, 504 pp., illustrations, maps, index. ISBN 978-1-4426-4044-3.

Collected Works of Erasmus, Volume 14: The Correspondence of Erasmus, Letters 1926 to 2081, 1528... Late in 1528, Desiderius Erasmus sent a belated reply to a letter that his friend Levinus Ammonius had sent earlier in the year; its contents are emblematic of the correspondence chronicled in the fourteenth volume of Erasmus’ letters published by the University of Toronto Press. “Your first letter inspired me with such affection for you, my friend,” Erasmus sighed, “as I scarcely feel for anyone else. It was not by design but by necessity that I did not answer it. There are so many who demand letters from me that I barely have enough time for this one occupation” (p. 373, Ep 2062). In the twilight of his life, Erasmus spent much of this year dealing with the consequences of controversies that had erupted all around him. Working mostly from Basel during this period, Erasmus saw firsthand the progression of the Protestant reform movement that had engulfed Europe. Caught between the Catholic Church that he had criticized and the reformers whose requests to join them asked too much, Erasmus struggled to find a middle ground amongst the various factions. In his beautifully written and concise preface, James M. Estes provides ample background into the numerous controversies that Erasmus http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ERSY Brill

Collected Works of Erasmus, Volume 14: The Correspondence of Erasmus, Letters 1926 to 2081, 1528 , trans. Charles Fantazzi, annot. James M. Estes (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011). Cloth, xxiv, 504 pp., illustrations, maps, index. ISBN 978-1-4426-4044-3.

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Late in 1528, Desiderius Erasmus sent a belated reply to a letter that his friend Levinus Ammonius had sent earlier in the year; its contents are emblematic of the correspondence chronicled in the fourteenth volume of Erasmus’ letters published by the University of Toronto Press. “Your first letter inspired me with such affection for you, my friend,” Erasmus sighed, “as I scarcely feel for anyone else. It was not by design but by necessity that I did not answer it. There are so many who demand letters from me that I barely have enough time for this one occupation” (p. 373, Ep 2062). In the twilight of his life, Erasmus spent much of this year dealing with the consequences of controversies that had erupted all around him. Working mostly from Basel during this period, Erasmus saw firsthand the progression of the Protestant reform movement that had engulfed Europe. Caught between the Catholic Church that he had criticized and the reformers whose requests to join them asked too much, Erasmus struggled to find a middle ground amongst the various factions. In his beautifully written and concise preface, James M. Estes provides ample background into the numerous controversies that Erasmus

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