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Guicciardini Illustratus. De kaarten en prenten in Ludovico Guicciardini`s `Beschrijving van de Nederlanden`.  cover art

Guicciardini Illustratus. De kaarten en prenten in Ludovico Guicciardini`s `Beschrijving van de Nederlanden`.

With extensive introduction in English. Een van de succesvolste beschrijvingen van Nederland werd in de 16e eeuw vervaardigd door de Italiaan Lodovico Guicciardini. Zijn Beschrijving van de Nederlanden` beleefde vooral in de 17e eeuw een ongeëvenaard groot aantal herdrukken. Het werk dat oorspronkel... More info
Beginnings and Discoveries. Polydore Vergil`s De inventoribus rerum.  cover art

Beginnings and Discoveries. Polydore Vergil`s De inventoribus rerum.

An unabridged translation and edition with introduction, notes and glossary. First publication of the integral text in the English language. More info
The Erotopaegnion, a trifling book of love, of Girolamo Angeriano. Edited and translated with commentary.  cover art

The Erotopaegnion, a trifling book of love, of Girolamo Angeriano. Edited and translated with commentary.

When the volume Poetae Tres Elegantissimi was produced at Paris in 1582, the poets included were Joannes Secundus, Michelle Marullo and Girolamo Angeriano, represented by his best-known work, the Eropaegnion, orginally published in Florence in 1512, which had come to enjoy particular popularity in F... More info
Richard Mulcaster (c. 1531-1611) and Educational Reform in the Renaissance.   cover art

Richard Mulcaster (c. 1531-1611) and Educational Reform in the Renaissance. 

As headmaster of two of London`s well-known grammar schools, Mulcaster earned a national reputation in education.  More info
Erasmus and his Catholic Critics, 1515-1536.  cover art

Erasmus and his Catholic Critics, 1515-1536.

Although polemics dominated Erasmus` literary output in the last two decades of his life, the controversies remain among the most neglected pieces in the corpus of his writings. On a different level, they add a dimension often missing in portraits of Erasmus. Usually depicted as the urbane and witty... More info
Erasmus Grandescens. The Growth of a Humanist`s Mind and Spirituality.  cover art

Erasmus Grandescens. The Growth of a Humanist`s Mind and Spirituality.

The Place of Erasmus Today - The Early Erasmus - The Monastery Years - Liminality - Into Another World - Translatio studii and the Studia humanitatis - The Mastering of Craft: Praise of Folly - The Afterlife of Erasmus and his Works - Conclusion.  More info
Georgius Macropedius` Asotus. Een Neolatijns drama over de Verloren Zoon door Joris van Lanckvelt. Tekst met inleiding, vertaling en commentaar.  cover art

Georgius Macropedius` Asotus. Een Neolatijns drama over de Verloren Zoon door Joris van Lanckvelt. Tekst met i...

With a summary in English. The first of Macropedius` writings is the Asotus (1537), a biblical drama of the Prodigal Son. Numerous passages, derived from Erasmus` adaptation of the Vulgata (1516) prove that the author has revised a first concept (1507-1510) of this drama.  More info
Janus Secundus (1511-1536). De tekstoverlevering van het tijdens zijn leven gepubliceerde werk. Joannes Secundus. Textual transmission of the works published during his lifetime.  cover art

Janus Secundus (1511-1536). De tekstoverlevering van het tijdens zijn leven gepubliceerde werk. Joannes Secund...

With a summary in English. This study deals with the works published during Secundus` lifetime, and with the poems on the death of Thomas More that appeared in 1536 shortly after he died. The incentive to carry out the research was the discovery of an unknown manuscript of Secundus` collected poems ... More info
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