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.
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TextSeries: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 192.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 539 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - 9789004185739
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- 9004186026
- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 16th century -- Congresses
- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century -- Congresses
- Letter writing -- Europe -- History -- 16th century -- Congresses
- Letter writing -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses
- European letters -- History and criticism -- Congresses
- Intellectuals -- Europe -- Correspondence -- Congresses
- Scholars -- Europe -- Correspondence -- Congresses
- Written communication -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
- Europe -- Religion -- Congresses
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1492-1648 -- Congresses
- Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 16e siècle -- Congrès
- Europe -- Vie intellectuelle -- 17e siècle -- Congrès
- Lettres européennes (Genre littéraire) -- Histoire et critique -- Congrès
- Intellectuels -- Europe -- Correspondance -- Congrès
- Savants -- Europe -- Correspondance -- Congrès
- Communication écrite -- Europe -- Histoire -- Congrès
- Europe -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1492-1648 -- Congrès
- HISTORY
- European letters
- Intellectual life
- Intellectuals
- Letter writing
- Politics and government
- Religion
- Scholars
- Written communication
- Europe
- 1492-1699
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- D210 .B48 2011eb
- online - EBSCO
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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.