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Title Between Scylla and Charybdis : learned letter writers navigating the reefs of religious and political controversy in early modern Europe / edited by Jeannine de Landtsheer & Henk Nellen
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 539 pages) : illustrations
Series Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; v. 192
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 192.
Contents pt. 1. Humanist letter writing before 1550 : various approaches -- pt. 2. Humanist letters as a miror of the reformation -- pt. 3. Learned letter writers in the Netherlands as witnesses of the Dutch revolt -- pt. 4. Vicissitudes of late humanism
Summary "Scylla and Charybdis" offers a collection of studies on epistolary and scholarly responses to religious and political controversy in Early Modern Europe. Careful examination of key intellectual letter-writers yields new biographical information as well as a more balanced judgement on the ways they responded to the challenges of their time
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Letter writing -- Europe -- History -- 16th century -- Congresses
Letter writing -- Europe -- History -- 17th century -- Congresses
European letters -- History and criticism -- Congresses
Intellectuals -- Europe -- Correspondence -- Congresses
Scholars -- Europe -- Correspondence -- Congresses
Written communication -- Europe -- History -- Congresses
HISTORY.
European letters
Intellectual life
Intellectuals
Letter writing
Politics and government
Religion
Scholars
Written communication
SUBJECT Europe -- Intellectual life -- 16th century -- Congresses
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century -- Congresses
Europe -- Religion -- Congresses
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1492-1648 -- Congresses
Subject Europe
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Landtsheer, J. de (Jeanine)
Nellen, Henk J. M., 1949-
ISBN 9789004185739
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9789004186026
9004186026