Preface by G. N. Clark
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
SELECTED LETTERS OF ERASMUS
List of Illustrations
Index of Names
