RT Article
T1 Henry Care, Roger L'Estrange and the Contested Memory of Erasmus and the Reformation in Restoration England: 2018 Roland Bainton Lecture
JF Erasmus studies
VO 40
IS 1
SP 5
OP 33
A1 Dodds, Gregory D.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1689297751
AB Henry Care and Roger L'Estrange fought a bitter battle in the public press in Restoration England. Exploring the ways in which each employed the writings and reputation of Desiderius Erasmus provides insight into the deep fault lines dividing English society in the decade from 1678 to 1688. Their divergent uses of Erasmus demonstrate how late-seventeenth-century interpretations of the early sixteenth-century Reformation became critical points of conflict in the most significant political and religious debates of the period. Paying attention to the reception of Erasmus also helps explain how these two bitter enemies eventually joined William Penn in supporting James II's Indulgence for Liberty of Conscience.
K1 1688
K1 Erasmus
K1 Henry Care
K1 James II
K1 Popish Plot
K1 Roger L'?Estrange
K1 William Penn
K1 Newspapers
K1 Reception
K1 Toleration
DO 10.1163/18749275-04001004