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The Oxford Reformers: John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More — Frederic Seebohm

The Oxford Reformers: John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More

Frederic Seebohm

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  • Book language: English
  • 531 pages

A historical study of John Colet, Erasmus, and Thomas More, three Renaissance humanists who sought church reform in England before the Reformation. Seebohm traces their scholarship, friendship, and shared ideals, making it rewarding for listeners interested in early Tudor thought and the roots of religious change.

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THE OXFORD REFORMERS:
JOHN COLET, ERASMUS, AND THOMAS
MORE.
By the same Author.
THE
ENGLISH
VILLAGE
COMMUNITY Examined in its
Relations to the Manorial and
Tribal Systems, &c. With 13
Maps and Plates. 8vo. 16s.
THE TRIBAL SYSTEM IN WALES:
Being Part of an Inquiry into the
Structure and Methods of Tribal
Society. With 3 Maps. 8vo. 12s.
THE ERA OF THE PROTESTANT
REVOLUTION (Epochs of Modern
History). With 4 Maps and 12
Diagrams. Fcp. 8vo. 2s. 6d.
LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO.
London, New York, and Bombay.
THE

OXFORD REFORMERS
JOHN COLET, ERASMUS, AND THOMAS MORE.
BEING A HISTORY OF THEIR FELLOW-WORK.
BY
FREDERIC SEEBOHM.
‘Tu interea patienter audi; ac nos ambo,
collidentibus inter se silicibus, si quis
ignis
excutiatur,
eum
avide
apprehendamus.
Veritatem
enim
quærimus, non opinionis offensionem....’
(Colet, Eras. Op. v. p. 1292).
‘Take no heed what thing many men do,
but what thing the very law of nature,
what thing very reason, what thing Our
Lord himself showeth thee to be done’
(Pico della Mirandola, translated by More:
More’s English Works, p. 13).
‘Cur sic arctamus Christi professionem
quam
Ille
latissime
volnit
patere?’
(Erasmus, Letter to Volzius, prefixed to the
‘Enchiridion’).
REPRINTED FROM THE THIRD EDITION.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY.

1896.

All rights reserved.

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

Since this book was written, years ago, the works of Dean Colet have one after another been placed within reach of the public, ably edited by my friend Mr. Lupton, and now I understand that a biography by the same competent hand is also in the press.

Under these circumstances I have had some hesitation in allowing a

Third Edition to be printed. I have yielded, however, to Mr. Lupton’s pleading that this history of the fellow-work of the three friends, imperfect as it always was, and antiquated as it has now become, may live a little longer.

F. S.

Tƒŧ HŧǡƽƗǵĵƄŧ, HƗǵŕƒƗƿ: March 8, 1887.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

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Contents

  1. THE OXFORD REFORMERS: JOHN COLET, ERASMUS, AND THOMAS MORE.
  2. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
  3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  4. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  5. CONTENTS.
  6. CHAPTER I.
  7. CHAPTER II.
  8. CHAPTER III.
  9. CHAPTER IV.
  10. CHAPTER V.
  11. CHAPTER VI.
  12. CHAPTER VII.
  13. CHAPTER VIII.
  14. CHAPTER IX.
  15. CHAPTER X.
  16. CHAPTER XI.
  17. CHAPTER XII.
  18. CHAPTER XIII.
  19. CHAPTER XIV.
  20. CHAPTER XV.
  21. CHAPTER XVI.
  22. APPENDIX A.
  23. APPENDIX B.
  24. APPENDIX C.
  25. APPENDIX D.
  26. APPENDIX E.
  27. APPENDIX F.
  28. INDEX.
  29. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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