Project Gutenberg 2005-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 549 Allen, P. S. (Percy Stafford) 1869 1933 Allen, Percy Stafford The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London Produced by Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. "The Age of Erasmus" by P. S. Allen is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work consists of a series of lectures delivered at the universities of Oxford and London, exploring the life and influence of Erasmus during the Transalpine Renaissance, focusing on the intellectual and cultural backdrop of his time. The text is expected to delve into Erasmus's significance and the wider context of Northern humanism, looking at various figures and institutions that shaped his experiences. The opening of the book sets a scholarly tone, emphasizing the importance of biography in studying history. The author outlines the rise of personal narratives during the Renaissance, contrasting it with the more formal historical records of earlier centuries. He introduces key figures from Erasmus's world, including John Wessel and Rudolph Agricola, illustrating their contributions to the humanistic movement that Erasmus would later embody. The narrative points to the significance of places like the Adwert Academy as hubs of learning and progress, hinting at the profound impact these individuals and environments had on shaping the Renaissance in Northern Europe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Renaissance Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 CB Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 537659 2025-06-07T04:32:17.356519 text/html 531162 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 202850 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 281370 2025-06-07T04:32:27.520446 application/epub+zip 285075 2025-06-07T04:32:20.334501 application/epub+zip 285075 2025-06-07T04:32:18.526505 application/epub+zip 475683 2025-06-07T04:32:32.713428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437138 2025-06-07T04:32:26.176480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438569 2022-09-07T23:49:24.059647 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472170 2025-06-07T04:32:16.486507 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 472050 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 190115 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 472056 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189982 2020-12-14T11:57:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20530 2025-06-07T04:32:32.862417 application/rdf+xml 11837 2025-06-07T04:32:19.131499 image/jpeg 3325 2025-06-07T04:32:18.827493 image/jpeg 265262 2025-06-07T04:32:17.402534 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia