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This first full-length study of Erasmus' translations of classical literature examines his approach to translation and, more generally, his role as a transmitter of the classics. It traces in chronological order the progress of his Greek studies and the publication history of his translations from Greek into Latin; these included selections from the works of Libanius, Euripides, Plutarch, Lucian, Galen, Isocrates and Xenophon. It also illustrates Erasmus' methods with appropriate examples from his own texts and from those of his predecessors and contemporaries. In so doing it provides an...

Wolfgang Capito (1478-1541) was one of the most important figures of the Reformation in Southern Germany, a leading churchman who turned from Catholic to Protestant. A professor of theology and advisor to the Archbishop of Mainz, he moved to Strasbourg and worked for two decades toward the reformation of the city, which became, after Wittenberg, the most active centre of the Reformation movement.

This volume - the second of three - is a fully annotated translation of Capito's existing correspondence, covering the years 1524-31, during which the Reformation took root in Strasbourg. It...

The case of Johann Reuchlin, one of the best-known controversies of the 16th century, has been interpreted in many ways: as a case of anti-Semitism, a controversy between humanists and scholastics, or a case foreshadowing the Reformation debate. The last interpretation was facilitated by Luther himself, who repeatedly linked his case with that of the biblical humanists Lefevre, Erasmus, and Reuchlin.

In this lively critical analysis, Erika Rummel describes how the second interpretation, which was promoted in the 19th century, was replaced after WWII by a new sensitivity toward the...

Nach dem «Anschluss» 1938 zwangen die Nazis den österreichischen Bundeskanzler Kurt Schuschnigg zum Rücktritt und hielten ihn sieben Jahre lang in Haft, bis ihn 1945 die Alliierten befreiten. Seine privilegierte Stellung innerhalb des Konzentrationslagersystems ermöglichte Schuschnigg, ein Tagebuch zu führen und Briefe zu schreiben, die an Familienmitglieder herausgeschmuggelt werden konnten. Anhand dieser Quellen stellt die mehrfach preisgekrönte Historikerin Erika Rummel einen wenig bekannten Aspekt der KZ-Geschichte dar: das Leben eines VIP-Häftlings. Die Bedingungen, unter...