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
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