Bishops, Humanists and Simple Luther’s Enemies. Erasmus’ Contacts with Poland Seen Through his Correspondence Cover Image

Bischöfe, Humanisten und einfache Lutherfeinde. Die Kontakte des Erasmus nach Polen im Spiegel seines Briefwechsels
Bishops, Humanists and Simple Luther’s Enemies. Erasmus’ Contacts with Poland Seen Through his Correspondence

Author(s): Christoph Galle
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Modern Age, Theology and Religion, 16th Century, History of Religion
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Erasmus of Rotterdam; correspondence; intellectual; secular; and ecclesiastical elite of Poland; Martin Luther; Reformation

Summary/Abstract: How has the reformation in Germany been criticized by the intellectual, secular, and ecclesiastical elite of the Polish kingdom? Which different positions are to be made, even in their temporal development? Have there been followers or even patrons of the reformatory ideas in Poland at all? To give answers to these questions, the correspondence of Erasmus of Rotterdam has been chosen, as he not only stayed in contact with numerous Polish or in Poland living people, but he also acts for them as the most important person to give information about the development in Germany.

  • Issue Year: 61/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 61-101
  • Page Count: 40
  • Language: German