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This is the definitive study of an extraordinary individual, exploring the personality of the man and revealing the impact and influence of his achievements and ideas on contemporary thought
Erasmus of Rotterdam was the leading humanist of Northern Europe, a sensitive interpreter of the New Testament, a painstaking editor of the early Christian Fathers, a writer of entertaining dialogues and an intelligent critic of Church, state and society. In Erasmus the Reformer, Professor A. G. Dickens, the former Director of the Institute of Historical Research, and Dr Whitney R. D. Jones investigate the tensions between Erasmus' concept of reform and the more disruptive, revolutionary aspects of the Protestant Reformation. Their authoritative work examines his 'philosophy of Christ', and considers the effects of his thinking in their wider historical, political and philosophical contexts.
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About A.G. Dickens and Whitney R.D. Jones Professor A G Dickens was the Director of the Institute of Historical Research and is highly regarded as an eminent historian of the English and European Reformation. Professor Dickens' previous publications include The English Reformation, The Age of Humanism and Reformation, and Reformation and Society in Sixteenth-Century Europe. Dr Whitney R D Jones is a distinguished historian and writer whose publications include The Tudor Commonwealth 1529-1559, The Mid-Tudor Crisis 1539-1563 and Nazi Germany.
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