Erasmi Opera Omnia, V-6: Christiani Matrimonii Institutio, Vidua Christiana

by A.G. Weiler, M. Cytowska

Overview

A volume of the Opera Omnia of Erasmus series, this title is comprised of two separate treatise translated into one volume. First, The Institution of Christian Matrimony (Basel, 1526) which was dedicated to Catherine of Aragon. In this work, Erasmus deals with the religious, moral and physical aspects of marriage, also discussing Canon law. Conservative theologians challenged in particular his liberal views on divorce. The second treatise, On the Christian Widow, was published in 1529, and in it Erasmus discusses not only Christian widowhood, but also virginity and marriage, dealing also with the education of women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444531346
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/20/2008
Series:	Erasmi Opera Omnia , #6
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Edition Weiler:
Einleitung Latin text
Apparatus criticus
Comments
Appendix

Edition Cytowska
Introduction
Conspectus Siglorum
Latin Text
Apparatus criticus
Comments