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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
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Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, [England] : 2015 |
| Edition: | Updated edition with a New preface by the author |
| Series: | Princeton legacy library
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| Summary: | 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 Erasmu 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." |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 p.) 1 online resource (301 pages) 1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations, map Issued also in print |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-278) and index |
| ISBN: | 0691606811 1-4008-6617-0 1400863252 9780691606811 9781400863259 9781400866175 (e-book) |
| Access: | Access restricted by licensing agreement |