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Between Scylla and Charybdis : learned letter writers navigating the reefs of religious and political controversy in early modern Europe / edited by Jeannine de Landtsheer & Henk Nellen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 192.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 539 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789004185739
  • 9004185739
  • 9789004186026
  • 9004186026
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Between Scylla and Charybdis.DDC classification:
  • 940.2/3 22
LOC classification:
  • D210 .B48 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
pt. 1. Humanist letter writing before 1550 : various approaches -- pt. 2. Humanist letters as a miror of the reformation -- pt. 3. Learned letter writers in the Netherlands as witnesses of the Dutch revolt -- pt. 4. Vicissitudes of late humanism.
Summary: "Scylla and Charybdis" offers a collection of studies on epistolary and scholarly responses to religious and political controversy in Early Modern Europe. Careful examination of key intellectual letter-writers yields new biographical information as well as a more balanced judgement on the ways they responded to the challenges of their time

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Scylla and Charybdis" offers a collection of studies on epistolary and scholarly responses to religious and political controversy in Early Modern Europe. Careful examination of key intellectual letter-writers yields new biographical information as well as a more balanced judgement on the ways they responded to the challenges of their time

Print version record.

pt. 1. Humanist letter writing before 1550 : various approaches -- pt. 2. Humanist letters as a miror of the reformation -- pt. 3. Learned letter writers in the Netherlands as witnesses of the Dutch revolt -- pt. 4. Vicissitudes of late humanism.