Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Erasmus and the Oxford Reformers, (I493—I503)

Erasmus and the Oxford Reformers, (I493—I503) ERASMUS AND THE OXFORD REFORMERS, (I493 � I503) BY PROF. ALBERT HYMA II In October, 1499, Erasmus finally arrived at Oxford, where he was to meet one of the grandest men in all the world, John Colet, chief of that constellation of noble spirits called the Oxford Reformers. We must now pause a moment and ask ourselves whether Erasmus was prepared to accept the views of Colet. The two men had much in common. As Erasmus said afterward, they were both about thirty years old. "Colet was some two or three months younger than myself", wrote Erasmus in a lengthy letter to Justus Jonas in the year 1521. This letter has been translated by J. H. Luptonl). It contains many data about Colet's life which cannot be found anywhere else. In addition to that we have Lupton's excellent biography of Colet and the work by Seebohm, mentioned before. Furthermore, Lupton has published the principal works by Colet, together with the English translations and very useful introductions. These enable us to form a fairly accurate estimate of the man and his work, and they will help explain to how great an extent he changed the course of Erasmus' life. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) Brill

Erasmus and the Oxford Reformers, (I493—I503)

Download PDF
38 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/erasmus-and-the-oxford-reformers-i493-i503-iz5HxbA4zA

References (4)

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0028-2030
eISSN
1871-2401
DOI
10.1163/187124032X00057
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

ERASMUS AND THE OXFORD REFORMERS, (I493 � I503) BY PROF. ALBERT HYMA II In October, 1499, Erasmus finally arrived at Oxford, where he was to meet one of the grandest men in all the world, John Colet, chief of that constellation of noble spirits called the Oxford Reformers. We must now pause a moment and ask ourselves whether Erasmus was prepared to accept the views of Colet. The two men had much in common. As Erasmus said afterward, they were both about thirty years old. "Colet was some two or three months younger than myself", wrote Erasmus in a lengthy letter to Justus Jonas in the year 1521. This letter has been translated by J. H. Luptonl). It contains many data about Colet's life which cannot be found anywhere else. In addition to that we have Lupton's excellent biography of Colet and the work by Seebohm, mentioned before. Furthermore, Lupton has published the principal works by Colet, together with the English translations and very useful introductions. These enable us to form a fairly accurate estimate of the man and his work, and they will help explain to how great an extent he changed the course of Erasmus' life.

Journal

Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1932

There are no references for this article.