The Essential Erasmus Author:Erasmus: trans. by John P. Dolan This is a translation of selected Erasmus' works. The writings included are: The Handbook of the Militant Christian, The Praise of Folly, The Complaint of Peace, An Inquiry Concerning Faith, Concerning the Immense Mercy of God, Concerning the Eating of Fish, and On Mending the Peace of the Church. The back cover states, "In his own day a center ... more »of controversy, in the four hundred years since his death known too often solely as an apostle of mockery and irreverence, Erasmus can be seen today in a new light...as a humanist whose concern is at once contemporary and Christian. The Essential Erasmus is the first single volume in English to show the full spectrum of this Renaissance man's thought, which is no less profound because it is expressed with the grace, wit, and ironic detachment only a great writer can achieve."« less