Erasmus, Man of Letters The Construction of Charisma in Print

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."

ISBN:	9780691165691
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Published date:	23 Jun 2015
DEWEY:	878.0409
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xiv, 284
Weight:	442g
Height:	235mm
Width:	155mm
Spine width:	12mm

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