The eighth volume of the Adagia (Proverbs) of the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus gives an introduction in English and a critical edition of the Latin text of the second half of the fourth thousand Adages. The text is accompanied by notes in English that trace Erasmus' sources and give linguistic, historical, philological and, where appropriate, theological background information which elucidates the text and Erasmus' way of working.

The Peasant's War in Germany and his own ill-health combined to keep Erasmus confined to the city of Basel during 1525, but he was still able to maintain an active correspondence spanning all of Europe. In the preceding year, he had published De libero artbitrio/Freedom of the Will, his first open attack on the teachings of Martin Luther. Despite this public defence of Catholic doctrine, Erasmus was continually forced in his correspondence to reply to open or veiled attacks by Catholic critics.

Erasmus directly addressed one of his critics, No+l BTda, of the Paris theological...

This second volume of Ordo V in the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus comprises theological treatises presenting the first half of Erasmus' commentaries on eleven Psalms. The commentaries explain the Psalms, offering the priests and parishioners material for their preaching. The volume presents critical editions of the Latin texts and introductions and commentary notes in French that provide the reader with philological, theological, linguistic and historical background information enabling a better understanding of the text and identification of Erasmus' sources.

Ordo IX contains Erasmus' controversies with his evangelical opponents, viz. the apologetics that Erasmus wished to write in his numerous polemics. This volume of the Amsterdam edition of his Opera omnia presents a critical edition of the Latin text of seven of these writings, accompanied by an introduction in German and a commentary including an identification of sources quoted, and, where relevant, linguistic, philological, theological or historical background information.

One of the fiercest enemies of Erasmus was the Spanish theologian Jacobus Lopis Stunica who contributed to the Computensian Polyglot that rivalled Erasmus' New Testament edition. This second volume of the Amsterdam edition of the apologias contains the critical edition of the Latin text of one of the apologias against Stunica. The volume contains an introduction in English and a commentary which includes an identification of sources quoted, and background information elucidating the Latin text.

This volume of the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus contains several works intended for scholarship in Classics. It includes discourse on the correct pronunciation of Latin and Greek, rhetoric, and Classical Latin, in a compendium of the handbook by Lorenzo Valla, as well as a declamation in praise of medicine. The volume offers a critical edition of the Latin text with introductions and commentaries in French and in English explaining the philological, linguistic and historical problems the reader could meet.

The fourth volume of the Adagia (Proverbs) of the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus gives an introduction in German and a critical edition of the Latin text of the second half of the second thousand Adages. The text is accompanied by notes in German that trace Erasmus' sources and providing linguistic, historical, philological and, where appropriate, theological background information which elucidates the text and Erasmus' way of working.

The second issue of Ordo IV of the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus comprises the Querela Pacis and Erasmus' Latin translations of some of Plutarch's Moralia. The Complaint of Peace deals with peace and war, and the tension between love of one's country and St. Paul's admonishment to unity in Christianity. The volume offers a critical edition of the Latin texts as well as introductions and commentaries in German, including an identification of sources quoted, and any linguistic, philological, theological or historical background information necessary...

The first volume of the first Ordo of the Amsterdam edition of the Latin texts of Erasmus contains a general introduction, and presents Erasmus' attack on barbarous Latin, a commentary on Ovidius' poem Nux, as well as Erasmus' Latin translations of Euripides' Hecuba and Iphigenia, declamations of Libanius, and works by Lucianus and Galenus. The volume offers a critical edition of the Latin text with introductions, and a commentary in English offering background information that helps to understand the text, and an evaluation of Erasmus' translations.

The fiercest quarrel Erasmus became entangled in was with Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples. This centred on a disagreement about the interpretation of Psalm 8, 6, on the relation between man or Christ and the angels. This third volume of the Amsterdam edition of the apologias contains the critical edition of the Latin text of the apologia against Lefevre d'Etaples. The volume contains an introduction in English and a commentary including an identification of sources quoted, and linguistic, philological, theological and historical background to the Latin text.