List of Erasmus's correspondents

Hans Holbein der Jüngere; Studies of the Hands of Erasmus of Rotterdam, ca. 1523. (Louvre)

One of the best sources for the world of European Renaissance Humanism in the early sixteenth century is the correspondence of Erasmus. Among those with whom he exchanged letters are:

  • Pope Adrian VI
  • Nicolaus Olahus
  • Henricus Afinius (Hendrik van den Eynde)
  • Georg Agricola
  • Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
  • Cornelius_Aurelius [nl]
  • Albert of Brandenburg
  • Faustus Andrelinus
  • William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy -
    pupil of Erasmus, who called him
    inter nobiles doctissimus.
  • William Budaeus
  • Henry Bullock (Bovillus)[1]
  • William Burbank

Editions

  • P. S. Allen, ed. Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterodami, 12 vols (Oxford, 1906–1958) (in Latin)
  • Collected Works of Erasmus (Toronto, 1976-), based on the Allen edition, with a small number of additions and emendations (in English)

Notes

  1. ^ "Bullock, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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