TY - BOOK ID - 1720221 TI - Man on his own : interpretations of Erasmus, c1750-1920 PY - 1992 VL - 11 SN - 0802059503 9786612039874 1282039873 1442676957 9780802059505 9781442676954 PB - Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - History of philosophy KW - Erasmus, Desiderius KW - Humanists KW - Erasmus, Desiderius, KW - Érasme KW - Desiderius Erasmus KW - Erasm, Dezideriĭ KW - Erasme, Désiré KW - Erasmo, KW - Erasmo, Desidério KW - Erasmus, KW - Ėrazm, KW - Erazm, KW - Roterodamus, Erasmus KW - Rotterdamskiĭ, Ėrazm KW - Rotterdamský, Erasmus Desiderius KW - Роттердамский, Эразм KW - Эразм, KW - Ерасм, Дезидерий KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - History. KW - Netherlands KW - Intellectual life KW - Scholars KW - 873.4 ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS KW - 873.4 ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur--ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS KW - Humanistisch Latijnse literatuur--ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS, DESIDERIUS KW - Erasmus Roterodamus, Desiderius KW - Erasmus KW - History KW - Humanistes KW - エラスムス, デシデリウス KW - Humanists - Netherlands. KW - Desiderius Erasmus, KW - Erasm, Dezideriĭ, KW - Erasme, Désiré, KW - Erasmo, Desidério, KW - Roterodamus, Erasmus, KW - Rotterdamskiĭ, Ėrazm, KW - Rotterdamský, Erasmus Desiderius, KW - Роттердамский, Эразм, KW - Ерасм, Дезидерий, KW - אראסמוס, דסידריוס, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1720221 AB - During his lifetime Erasmus was one of the most controversial figures of Renaissance and Reformation Europe. In the 450 years since his death his reputation has undergone a series of fluctuations that reflect the attitudes of successive periods in European, and eventually North American, theological and social thought.Mansfield aims to relate changing interpretations of Erasmus to the historical contexts and experiences of those who wrote about him. He explores the influences in turn of the Enlightenment, romanticism, religious revival, and the emergence of liberalism.In the twentieth century, Mansfield concludes, more modern ways of studying Erasmus have emerged, notably through seeing him more precisely in his own historical context. He argues, nevertheless, that the Enlightenment liberal interpretation of Erasmus remained the dominant one through the whole period, and that despite its weaknesses, it did succeed in revealing essential aspects of Erasmus as a historical personality. ER -