Erasmus in English 1523-1584

<p class=ql-align-justify>The translation of Erasmus's <em>Manual of the Christian Soldier</em> thought to be by William Tyndale is one of the foundational texts of the English Reformation. The present edition is based for the first time on the recently-discovered manuscript dating from 1523. It is accompanied by translations of other key religious works Erasmus's treatise on the Lord's Prayer and the introduction to the New Testament; by the anti-papal satire <em>Julius Exclusus</em>; and by the <em>Epistle in Praise of Matrimony</em> and the <em>Proverbs</em> both translated by the English Erasmian Richard Taverner in support of Thomas Cromwell's reformist agenda.</p><p><br></p>