Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index
Introduction -- Europe in 1500 -- Youth and student years -- Erasmus in the world of the humanists -- The Enchiridion -- The Praise of Folly -- Christian philosophy -- The Bible and the Fathers of the Church -- In the circle of the Biblical humanists -- The Luther question -- The dispute on the freedom of the will -- Between Scylla and Charybdis -- The Colloquies -- One society at stake -- Erasmus and his influence
