Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface IX
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. Bonae Literae: The Making of a Low Countries Humanist, 1489-1511 7
6. 1. The Burgundian-Habsburg Low Countries 9
7. 2. Erasmus against the Barbarians 17
8. 3. The Ideal of Christian Civility 27
9. 4. Between Wisdom and Folly 41
10. PART II. Philosophia Christi: Erasmus and the Reform of Doctrina, 1511-1522
11. 5. Reformers of Doctrina 58
12. 6. "The Name of Erasmus Will Never Perish" 74
13. 7. "The Most Corrupt Generation There Has Ever Been 87
14. 8. The Philosophy of Christ 104
15. 9. In Defense of Bonae Literae 116
16. PART III. Second Thoughts, 1521-1536
17. 10. Christian Liberty in the Catholic Church 136
18. 11. A Reformation Gone Wrong 149
19. 12. The Parable of the Tares 163
20. 13. Circumspect Reformer 175
21. 14. Erasmus and His Readers 183
22. Conclusion 204
23. Appendix 1. Chronology of Erasmus's Life 209
24. Appendix 2. Erasmus's Works Discussed in the Text 213
25. Notes 215
26. Bibliography of Works Cited 283
27. Index 289