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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

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A

Adages, first edition, 88-91 Aldine edition, 136

Adrian, Hebrew teacher, 266, 267

Adrian VI., pope, 403

Agricola, Rudolf, 7

Albert of Mainz, 291 letter to, 309-318

Aldus Manutius, 125 correspondence with Erasmus, 134-137 his printing-office, 138

Aleander, Girolamo, at Venice, 143 at Louvain, 349

Alexander of Scotland, Archbishop of St. Andrews, 144, 146 death, 153

Algerus, treatise on the Eucharist, 410

Amerbach, Boniface, executor, 460

Amerbach, the brothers, 236

Ammonius, Andreas, correspondence with Erasmus, 187-192, 262, 263

Andrelinus, Faustus, 41 letter from Erasmus, 80 writes a preface to the Adages, 93

Apophthegmata, 451

Aquinas, Thomas, Erasmus' and Colet's views of, 72

d'Asola, Andreas, 138-140

d'Asola, Francesco, 139, 141

Atensis, John, 264

Augsburg Confession, 401

Augsburg, Diet at, 444-448

Augustinianism, 278, 283-285, 380-383

Augustinus, pupil of Erasmus, 93

B

Badius, publisher at Paris, 134

Basel, residence in, 232-240, 347, 441-443, 456 sqq.

Battus, James, 48 correspondence with Erasmus, 48-58 death, 61

Beatus Rhenanus, 239 letter to, 241-246

Bedda, Natalis, 428

Berquin, Louis de, 428-432

Berlin, St., abbot of, 223

Besançon, letter to magistrate of, 456

Bois-le-Duc ('s Hertogenbosch), school at, 8

Bologna, visit to, 130-135

Botzheim, John, canon of Constance, letter to (catalogus lucubrationum), 126 visit to, 352, 356

Brethren of the Common Life, 8

Budæus, William, letter from, 248 letter to, 251, 427

Busleiden, Jerome, founder of the College of the Three Languages, 265

C

Cambrai, bishop of and residence in, 6, 33, 41

Cambridge, life at, 193-195

Caminga, Haio, 443

Campeggio, Cardinal, letters to, 302, 405

Carteromachos, Scipio, 148

Charles I. of Spain (V. of Germany), makes Erasmus a councillor, 253, 262 elected emperor, 343-345 holds the Diet at Worms, 345, 346

Ciceronianus, treatise on rhetoric, selection from, 149-151

Cinicampius (Eschenfeld), 243 letter from Erasmus, 246, 247

Clement VII., pope, letter to, 404

Clyston, attendant of Erasmus' pupils, 125, 127, 136

Colet, John, 64, 65 teacher at Oxford, 68 founder of St. Paul's school, 70 his character, 71-75 invites Erasmus to teach at Oxford, 82-86 correspondence of 1511(?)-1512, 195-200 present at Canterbury "pilgrimage," 217

Collége Montaigu, 34-39

Comparison of the Virgin and the Martyr, 436, 437

Compendium Vitæ, 4

Complutensian Polyglot, 201

Constance, visit at, 352

Cop, William, 250

Copia verborum et rerum, dedication, 197 analysis of, 208-214

Cornelius, companion of Erasmus at Steyn, 14

D

Dante, De Monarchia, 274

De contemptu mundi, treatise, 20-22, 28

Deventer, school at, 5-7

Diversoria, colloquy describing inns, 127, 226-231

Dorpius, Martin, criticises the Praise of Folly, 176, 264

Dürer, Albert, diary of, 333, 334

E

Ecclesiastes, 453, 454

Egmund, Carmelite at Louvain, 322, 428

Enchiridion militis Christiani, origin, 96, 97 analysis of, 98-111 preface to second edition, 111-115 its teaching, 286

England, life in, 62-86, 179 sqq.

Epistolæ obscurorum virorum, 279, 363

Eppendorf, Henry, 352

Erasmus, nationality, 1-3 birth, 3 at Gouda, 5 at Utrecht, 5 at Deventer, 5-8 at 's Hertogenbosch, 8, 9 at Steyn, 15-23 with the bishop of Cambrai, 26 ordained priest, 33, n. at Paris, 33-40 return to Cambrai, 41 troubles at Paris, 42-47 correspondence with Battus, 48-58 visit to Tournehens, 54 at Louvain, 61 in England, 62-86 at Orleans, 92 views on war, 118, 128 goes to Italy, 125 Doctor's degree, 128 in Bologna, 130-135 life at Venice, 137-143 at Padua, 144 at Siena, 146 at Rome, 146-156 English residence (1509-1514), 179-217 correspondence with Ammonius, 187-192 "Professor" at Cambridge, 193-195 literary work in England, 197-217 letter to Servatius, 218-224 journeys, 226-231, 241-246 at Basel, 232-240 called to Ingolstadt and elsewhere, 247 offered a bishopric, 248 called to Paris, 248-253 made councillor of Charles V., 253-255 settles at Louvain, 264 his view of the Reform, 285-288 view of indulgences, 292 letter to Wolsey, 298-301 to Campeggio, 302 to Leo X., 303-307 to Albert of Mainz, 309-319 to Hoogstraaten, 326-329 removal to Basel, 347 letter to Laurinus, 347-361 visit to Constance, 352 contest with Hutten, 362-378 the free-will controversy, 383-401 the Eucharist controversy, 407-418 relations with Berquin, 428-432 life at Basel, 441-443 goes to Freiburg in Breisgau, 444 relation to Augsburg Diet, 444-448 buys a house, 449 his place in the Index, 454, 455 return to Basel, 456 death, 457-459 last will, 460 final estimate of, 460-463

Ernest of Bavaria, invites Erasmus to Ingolstadt, 247

Eschenfeld (Cinicampius), 243 letter from Erasmus, 246, 247

Eucharist, history of, 407 Luther's view, 407-409 Erasmus on, 409-418

Expostulatio cum Erasmo of Hutten, 366-372

F

Familiar Colloquies, 420-423 attacked by the Sorbonne and by Luther, 424 condemned at Paris and in England, 433

Ferdinand of Spain, 119

Fisher, Robert, 63

Francis I., King of France, calls Erasmus to Paris, 248-253

Fratres Collationarii, 10

Frederic the Wise, Elector of Saxony, letter to, 325 interview with, 326 imperial candidate, 344

Free will, the problem of, 381-384 essay on, 384, 387-397 Luther on, 398-401

Freiburg in Breisgau, residence at, 441-456

Froben, John, first acquaintance with Erasmus, 232 character, 233-235

Froben, John Erasmius, 421

G

Gaguinus, 41

Gerard, father of Erasmus, 4

Gerhardt of Nymwegen, 428

Goclenius, Conrad, letters to, 4, 267, 458

Gouda, life at, 5

Grey, Thomas, 43

Grimani, Cardinal, 151 receives Erasmus, 154-156 letter to, 224

Grocyn, William, 64, 81

Groot, Gerard, 8

Grunnius, Lambertus, letter to, xiv, 4, 11, 19, 21, 130 reply of, 132

H

Hedio, Caspar, letter to, 379

Hegius, Alexander, 6

Hermann, William, 23, 47

's Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), school at, 8

Hoogstraaten, Jacob, letter to, 326-329

Hutten, Ulrich von, 361-363 controversy with Erasmus, 363-378 letter from, 364 the Expostulatio, 366-372 Erasmus' Spongia, 372-378

I

"Index," papal, 454, 455

Indulgences, Luther's Theses on, 289-291 Erasmus on, 292, 293

Inghirami, Tommaso, 149

Ingolstadt, call to, 247

Institution of Christian Marriage, 433-435

Institutio Principis Christiani, 255-262 its teaching, 286

Italy, life in, 125 sqq.

Ἰχθυοφαγία, colloquy of Erasmus, 35-40

J

Jerome, St., edition of, 68, 205

Joanna of Spain, 119

K

à Kempis, Thomas, 8

L

Lascaris, Johannes, 143 letter to, 265

à Lasco, John, letter to, 417, 418

Laurinus, Marcus, letters to, 254, 347-361

Lee, Edward, 427

Leo X., dedication of New Testament to, 271 letter to, 302

Linacre, Thomas, 64, 81, 199

Louvain, life at, 61, 264

Ludwig the Bavarian, emperor, 276

Luther, Martin, called to Wittenberg, 280 his early development, 280-283 Theses, 289-291 letter from, 294 letter to, 295-297 his views disclaimed, 298 sqq. Leipzig Disputation, 307, 337 burns the papal bull and canon law, 337 writings of 1520, 338 confronts the radical party, 339-341 at Worms, 345, 346 letter on free will, 384-386 treatise, de servo arbitrio, 398-401

Luther and Erasmus compared, 282, 283

M

Macchiavelli, Niccolo, Il Principe, 256

Manius, Peter, letter to, 1

Marburg Conference, 408

Margaret, mother of Erasmus, 4

Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands, 405

Maximilian of Germany, 119

Melanchthon, Philip, called to Wittenberg, 280 letter to, 325

More, Thomas, 64 first meeting with Erasmus, 77, 78 introduces Erasmus to the royal children, 79 Utopia, 257

Mountjoy, Lord, pupil of Erasmus, 43 invites him to England, 62 second invitation (1509), 179-183

Münzer, Thomas, 340, 362, 398

Musurus, Marcus, 143, 144

N

Neuenaar, Count of, 244

New Testament, Greek, editing begun in England, 200-204 dedicated to Pope Leo X., 271 third edition, 351

O

Opulentia sordida, colloquy on life at Venice, 138-142

Orleans, life at, 92

P

Pace, Richard, at Ferrara, 145

Padua, life at, 144

Paraphrases of the New Testament, 424-426

Paris, university organisation, 34 life in, 33-40, 42-47, 248-253

Parvus, William (Guillaume Petit), 248, 249

Paul III., pope, correspondence with, 457

Paul IV., pope, Index of, 454, 455

Pelicanus, Conrad, letters to, 416, 417

Philip of Burgundy, panegyric on, 116-121

Pirkheimer, Bilibaldus, letters to, 413, 414

Pius IV., pope, Index of, 455

Poncher, Stephen, Bishop of Paris, 250, 253

Popes, humanistic, 273

Præparatio ad Mortem, 452, 453

Praise of Folly, motive of, 158 analysis of, 159-175 apology to Dorpius, 176-178

R

Raphael, Cardinal of St. George, 226

Religious Pilgrimage, the, 215, 216

Reuchlin, John, 236-239, 310, 320

Rhenanus, see Beatus

Riario, Raffaelle, cardinal, 151

Rome, life in, 150-156

S

Scaliger, Julius Cæsar, criticises Erasmus, 137, 235

"Senex ille," 42-46

Schmalkalden, League of, 445

Servatius, companion of Erasmus at Steyn, 23 prior of Steyn, letter from Erasmus, 218-224

Siena, visit to, 146

Sintheim, John, 6

Sorbonne, the, attacks the Colloquies, 424, and the Paraphrases, 432

"Spirit," the, 388, 389 Luther on, 399

Spongia adversus aspergines Hutteni, 372-378

Standonch, John, 35

Steyn, monastery at, 14-20 life at, 15-23

Stromer, Heinrich, letter to Spalatin, 459

Stunica, James Lopez, 355, 404, 427

T

The True Way of Prayer, 437-440

Tournehens, visit to, 54

Tunstall, Cuthbert, 263, 264

U

Utopia of Thomas More, 257, 261

Utrecht, life at, 5

V

Valla, Laurentius, 204

Veere, Anna, Marchioness of, 48 visit of Erasmus to, 54 letter to, 59, 60 marriage of, 61

Venice, life at, 137-143

Volzius, letter to, 111-115

W

Warham, William, Archbishop of Canterbury, joins in calling Erasmus to England, 183 gives him the "living" of Aldington, 184-186 character, 226, 454

Wessel, John, 8

Winckel, Peter, uncle and guardian of Erasmus, 5, 7, 9

Wittenberg University founded, 280

Wittenherus, Nicholas, prior of Steyn, 222

Wolsey, Thomas, letter to, 298

Worms, Diet at, 345, 346 Edict of, 346

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