The Reception of Erasmus in the Early Modern Period (Intersections)

Erasmus Was Not Only One Of The Most Widely Read Authors Of The Early Modern Period, But One Of The Most Controversial. For Some Readers He Represented The Perfect Humanist Scholar; For Others, He Was An Arrogant Hypercritic, A Lutheran Heretic And Polemicist, A Virtuoso Writer And Rhetorician, An Inventor Of A New, Authentic Latin Style, Etc. In The Present Volume, A Number Of Aspects Of Erasmus's Manifold Reception Are Discussed, Especially Lesser-known Ones, Such As His Reception In Neo-latin Poetry. The Volume Does Not Focus Only On So-called Erasmians, But Offers A Broader Spectrum Of Reception And Demonstrates That Erasmus's Name Also Was Used In Order To Authorize Completely Un-erasmian Ideals, Such As Atheism, Radical Reformation, Lutheranism, Religious Intolerance, Jesuit Education, Marian Devotion, Etc. 0contributors Include: Philip Ford, Dirk Sacré, Paul J. Smith,lucia Felici, Gregory D. Dodds, Hilmar M. Pabel, Reinier Leushuis, Jeanine De Landtsheer, Johannes Trapman And Karl Enenkel. Introduction: Manifold Reader Responses: The Reception Of Erasmus In The Early Modern Europe / Karl Enenkel -- Pt. 1. Humanism. A Blueprint For The Reception Of Erasmus: Beatus Rhenanus's Second Vita Erasmi (1540) / Karl Enenkel -- Medicinae Laus Per Eobanum Hessum Ex Erasmo, Versu Reddita, Reassessed / Dirk Sacré -- Pt. 2. Religious Ideas. Universalism And Tolerance In A Follower Of Erasmus From Zurich: Theodor Bibliander / Lucia Felici -- 'betwixt Heaven And Hell': Religious Toleration And The Reception Of Erasmus In Restoration England / Gregory D. Dodds -- Praise And Blame: Peter Canisius's Ambivalent Assessment Of Erasmus / Hilmar M. Pabel -- Pt. 3. Political Ideas: Irenism And Mirror Of A Christian Prince. Erasmian Irenism In The Poetry Of Pierre De Ronsard / Philip Ford -- On Good Government: Erasmus's Institutio Principis Christiani Versus Lipsius's Politica / Jeanine De Landtsheer -- Pt. 4. Rabelaisian Satire, Triumph, Dialogue And Other Adaptations: Receptions Of The Priase Of Folly In French, Italian And Dutch Literature. Jean Thenaud And François Rabelais: Some Hypotheses On The Early Reception Of Erasmus In French Vernacular Literature / Paul J. Smith -- Antonio Brucioli And The Italian Reception Of Erasmus: The Praise Of Folly In Dialogue / Reinier Leushuis -- Erasmus And The Radical Enlightenment: An Atheistic Adaptation Of The Praise Of Folly By Jan Van Der Wyck (1798) / Johannes Trapman. Edited By Karl Enenkel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Acknowledgements Notes on the Editor Notes on the Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction – Manifold Reader Responses: The Reception of Erasmus in the Early Modern Europe - Karl Enenkel PART I. HUMANISM A Blueprint for the Reception of Erasmus: Beatus Rhenanus’s Second Vita Erasmi (1540) - Karl Enenkel Medicinae laus per Eobanum Hessum ex Erasmo, versu reddita Reassessed - Dirk Sacré PART II. RELIGIOUS IDEAS Universalism and Tolerance in a Follower of Erasmus from Zurich: Theodor Bibliander - Lucia Felici ‘Betwixt Heaven and Hell’: Religious Toleration and the Reception of Erasmus in Restoration England - Gregory D. Dodds Praise and Blame: Peter Canisius’s Ambivalent Assessment of Erasmus - Hilmar M. Pabel PART III. POLITICAL IDEAS: IRENISM AND MIRROR OF A CHRISTIAN PRINCE Erasmian Irenism in the Poetry of Pierre de Ronsard - Philip Ford† On Good Government: Erasmus’s Institutio Principis Christiani versus Lipsius’s Politica - Jeanine De Landtsheer PART IV. RABELAISIAN SATIRE, TRIUMPH, DIALOGUE AND OTHER ADAPTATIONS: RECEPTIONS OF THE PRAISE OF FOLLY IN FRENCH, ITALIAN AND DUTCH LITERATURE Jean Thenaud and François Rabelais: Some Hypotheses on the Early Reception of Erasmus in French Vernacular Literature - Paul J. Smith Antonio Brucioli and the Italian Reception of Erasmus: The Praise of Folly in Dialogue - Reinier Leushuis Erasmus and the Radical Enlightenment: An Atheistic Adaptation of the Praise of Folly by Jan van der Wyck (1798) - Johannes Trapman Index Nominum Erasmus was one of the most widely read and controversial authors of theearly modern period, inspiring a broad range of reader reactions. Thepresent volume addresses various aspects of Erasmus's reception, includinghow the author's name was sometimes used to bolster decidedly "un-Erasmian"ideals.