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Colloquies / [Erasmus] ; translated and annotated by Craig R. Thompson.

Author/creator Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
Other author/creatorThompson, Craig R. (Craig Ringwalt), 1911-1996
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoToronto : University of Toronto Press, ©1997.
Description2 volumes (xlix, 1227 pages) : facsimiles ; 26 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleColloquia. English
Series Collected works of Erasmus ; 39-40
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Works. English. 1974 ; v. 39-40. ^A495218
Contents v. 1. Patterns of informal conversation (Familiarium colloquiorum formulae) -- Rash vows (De votis temere susceptis) -- In pursuit of benefices (De captandis sacerdotiis) -- Military affairs (Militaria) -- The master's bidding (Herilia) -- A lesson in manners (Monitoria paedagogica) -- Sport (De lusu) -- The whole duty of youth (Confabulatio pia) -- Hunting (Venatio) -- Off to school (Euntes in ludum literarium) -- [Additional formulae] -- The profane feast (Convivium profanum) -- A short rule for copiousness (Brevis de copia praeceptio) -- The godly feast (Convivium religiosum) -- The apotheosis of that incomparable worthy, Johann Reuchlin (De incomparabili heroe Ioanne Reuchlino in divorum numerum relato) -- Courtship (Proci et puellae) -- The girl with no interest in marriage (Virgo misogamos) -- The repentent girl (Virgo poenitens) -- Marriage (Coniugium) -- The soldier and the Carthusian (Militis et Cartusiani) -- Pseudocheus and Philetymus : the liar and the man of honour (Pseudochei et Philetymi) -- The shipwreck (Naufragium) -- Inns (Diversoria) -- The young man and the harlot (Adolescentis et scorti) -- The poetic feast (Convivium poeticum) -- An examination concerning the faith (Inquisitio de fide) --
Contents The old men's chat, or The carriage (Geroutología, sive Ochama) -- The well-to-do beggars (Ptochoploúsioi) -- The abbot and the learned lady (Abbatis et eruditae) -- The epithalamium of Pieter Gillis (Epithalamium Petri Aegidii) -- Exorcism, or The spectre (Exorcismus, sive Spectrum) -- Alchemy (Alcumistica) -- The cheating horse-dealer (Hippoplanus) -- Beggar talk (Ptochología) -- The fabulous feast (Convivium fabulosum -- The new mother (Puerpera) --
Contents v. 2. A pilgrimage for religion's sake (Peregrinatio religionis ergo) -- A fish diet (Ichthuophagía) -- The funeral (Funus) -- Echo (Echo) -- A feast of many courses (Poludaitía) -- Things and names (De rebus de vocabulis) -- Charon (Charon) -- A meeting of the philological society (Synodus grammaticorum) -- A marriage in name only, or The unequal match (Agamos gámos, sive Coniugium impar) -- The imposture (Impostura) -- Cyclops, or the Gospel-bearer (Cyclops, sive evangeliophorus) -- Non-sequiturs (Aprodiónusa, sive Absurda) -- The knight without a horse, or Faked nobility (Ippeús anippos, sive Ementita nobilitas) -- Knucklebones, or The game of Tali (Astragalismós, sive Talorum Iusus) -- The council of women (Senatulus, sive Gunaikosunédrion) -- Early to rise (Diluculum) -- The sober feast (Naphálion sumpósion) -- The art of learning (Ars notoria) -- The sermon, or Merdardus (Concio, sive merdardus) -- The lover of glory (Philodoxus) -- Penny-pinching (Opulentia sordida) -- The seraphic funeral (Exequiae seraphicae) -- Sympathy (Amicitia) -- A problem (Problema) -- The Epicurean (Epicureus) -- The usefulness of the Colloquies (De utilitate Colloquiorum) -- Erasmus and Erasmius -- The return to Basel -- Editions of the Colloquies.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 97180585
ISBN0802058191 (set)

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