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

by Lisa Jardine

Book 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691165696
• ISBN13: 9780691165691
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"