THE MODERN VALENCES OF THE PARADIGM OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN NICOLAUS OLAHUS AND DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
THE MODERN VALENCES OF THE PARADIGM OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN NICOLAUS OLAHUS AND DESIDERIUS ERASMUS

Summary/Abstract: The main topic of the Correspondence of the two humanists consists of Olahus's repeated undertakings to persuade Erasmus to return to the Netherlands, followed by so many elusive promises, thus explaining the fear that Magister Europae has towards Franciscans and Dominicans, who were very powerful within Charles V, as well as his permanent concern not to be seized by Catholics or Lutherans. Besides this central issue, the correspondence contains the most diverse information that the two literary men were carrying out (theological, political disputes, all the novelties they used to exchange). So, in its wholeness, this correspondence brings to sight ”a communion of ideas and concerns, love for the promotion of truth and a constant trust in the possibilities of man to create a better world”.

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