The correspondence of Erasmus. [Volume 16], Letters 2204 to 2356 : August 1529-July 1530 /ctranslated by Alexander Dalzell ; annotated by James M. Estes

The letters in this volume reflect Erasmus’ anxiety about the endemic warfare in Western Europe, the advance of the Ottoman Turks into Europe, and the increasing threat of armed conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Germany. Unable and unwilling to attend the Diet of Augsburg (June–November 1530), summoned by Emperor Charles V in the attempt to mediate a religious settlement, Erasmus corresponded with those in attendance, urging them (in vain) to preserve peace at all costs. The letters also shed light on Erasmus’ controversies with Catholic critics (Luis de Carvajal and Frans Titelmans) who accused him of Lutheran sympathies, and former friends among the Protestant reformers (Gerard Geldenhouwer and others in Strasbourg), who embarrassed him by citing him in support of their views. Because of a mysterious and debilitating illness (identified in an appendix to the volume) the twelve months covered were less productive of scholarship than was usual for Erasmus, but it did see the publication of the five-volume Froben edition of St. John Chrysostom in Latin. Volume 16 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series. Contents 7 Illustrations 9 Preface 11 Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 26 Letters 2204 to 2356 28 2204 / To Janus Cornarius – 2240 / From Claudius Cantiuncula 28 2241 / To François Bonvalot – 2276 / From Andrea Alciati 128 2277 / To Johann von Botzheim – 2312A / To Jacopo Sadoleto 228 2313 / From Caspar Ursinus Velius – 2356 / To Viglius Zuichemus and Karel Sucket 333 Erasmus’ Illness in 1530 435 Table of Correspondents Works Frequently Cited Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works Corrigenda for CWE 15 Index 440 Table of Correspondents 440 Works Frequently Cited 444 Short-Title Forms for Erasmus’ Works 447 Corrigenda for CWE 15 452 Index 453