JOHAN HUIZINGA with a selection from the letters of Erasmus
Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I CHILDHOOD AND EARLY YOUTH 1466-88
CHAPTER II IN THE MONASTERY 1488-95
CHAPTER III THE UNIVERSITY OF PARIS 1495-9
CHAPTER IV FIRST STAY IN ENGLAND 1499-1500
CHAPTER V ERASMUS AS A HUMANIST
CHAPTER VI THEOLOGICAL ASPIRATIONS 1501
CHAPTER VII YEARS OF TROUBLE LOUVAIN, PARIS, ENGLAND 1502-6
CHAPTER VIII IN ITALY 1506-9
CHAPTER IX THE PRAISE OF FOLLY
CHAPTER X THIRD STAY IN ENGLAND 1509-14
CHAPTER XI A LIGHT OF THEOLOGY 1514-16
CHAPTER XII ERASMUS'S MIND
CHAPTER XIII ERASMUS'S MIND-CONTINUED
CHAPTER XIV ERASMUS'S CHARACTER
CHAPTER XV AT LOUVAIN 1517-18
CHAPTER XVI FIRST YEARS OF THE REFORMATION
CHAPTER XVII ERASMUS AT BASLE 1521-9
CHAPTER XVIII CONTROVERSY WITH LUTHER AND GROWING CONSERVATISM 1524-6
CHAPTER XIX AT WAR WITH HUMANISTS AND REFORMERS 1528-9
CHAPTER XX LAST YEARS
CHAPTER XXI CONCLUSION
SELECTION FROM THE LETTERS OF ERASMUS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INDEX OF NAMES
