Erasmus, Man of Letters: The Construction of Charisma in Print: The Construction of Charisma in Print - Updated Edition Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

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

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."Read More

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  • 0691165696
  • 9780691165691
  • Jardine, Lisa
  • 22 June 2015
  • Princeton University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 304
  • Revised
  • Book
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