Acknowledgments
I INTRODUCTION
A: ERASMUS’S EARLY DEVELOPMENT
II YEARNING FOR THE ‘GOLDEN AGE’;
Early poems and letters in the Monastery
III HISTORICAL AWARENESS; Antibarbari, Letter to Thomas Grey, three Poems from 1499, Precatio ad Virginis filium Jesum, Encomium matrimonii
IV NEO-PLATONISM; Enchiridion / Letters
V ERASMUS’S EDITION OF LORENZO VALLA’S COLLATIO NOVI
TESTAMENTI
VI THE PRAISE OF FOLLY
B: THE EXEGETICAL THEOLOGIAN
VII THE NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLAR; Novum instrumentum / Methodus /
Letters
VIII THE PARAPHRAST; Paraphrases of the Gospels
IX HOW THE TRINITY IS KNOWN; Paraphrases and Annotations
X ON THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION; Paraphrase of John /
Colloquia Puerpera, Problema and Amicitia
XI ON THE DOCTRINE OF GOD; The paraphrase of John’s prologue
XII ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION; Annotations and paraphrases on Romans and Galatians
XIII HANDLING OF DOCTRINE; The Explanation of the Apostles’ Creed
C: IN CONFLICT WITH THE CHURCH REFORMERS
XIV THE ARGUMENT WITH LUTHER; Letters / De libero arbitrio / Interpretations of Romans
XV ERASMUS AND THE REFORMERS IN ZURICH AND BASEL; Letters / Advice for the counsel of Basel / Contra Pseudevangelicos
D: ERASMUS'S REFORM IDEAS
XVI THE QUESTION OF LAW; Annotation on I Corinthians 7:39
XVII THE QUESTION OF PEACE; Institvtio principis christiani / Qverela pacis / Dvlce bellvm inexpertis / Consvltatio de bello Turcico
XVIII ERASMUS’S VIEWS ON WOMEN; Christiani matrimonii institutio / De vidua christiana
CONCLUSION
XIX ERASMUS: ADVOCATE OF A NEW CHRISTIANITY; Purgatio / Ecclesiastes / Letters
ABBREVIATIONS AND QUOTED SOURCES
SECONDARY LITERATURE