RT Article
T1 Erring Together: Renaissance Humanists in Certainty's Shadow
JF The journal of religion
VO 95
IS 4
SP 454
OP 476
A1 Furey, Constance M.
LA English
PB University of Chicago Press
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1560789018
AB The article focuses on Reformation-era humanists Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More and their understanding of error. Topics covered include how Erasmus and More portrayed making and correcting mistakes in dedicatory letters, devotional treatises, and ironic writings, Erasmus' life as a scholar devoted to correcting texts, and More's reputation as a zealous heretic hunter who condemned to death those who refused his correction. Also mentioned is the importance of error to the study of religion.
K1 ERASMUS, Desiderius, d. 1536
K1 Errors
K1 Heretics
K1 Humanists
K1 MORE, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535
K1 Religious Studies
DO 10.1086/682292