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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