Erasmus' Correspondents

One of the best sources for the world of European Humanism in the early 16th century is the correspondence of Erasmus. Among those with whom he exchanged letters are:

• William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy - pupil of Erasmus, who called him inter nobiles doctissimus.
• William Budaeus
• John Claymond
• John Colet
• Martin Dorp
• John Fisher
• Richard Foxe
• Duke Frederick of Saxony
• William Grocyn
• Henry VIII
• Ulrich von Hutten
• William Latimer
• Thomas Linacre
• Martin Luther
• Philip Melanchthon
• Thomas More
• Richard Pace
• Beatus Rhenanus
• Juan Luis Vives
• William Warham
• Thomas Wolsey

Editions

• P. S. Allen, Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmu Roterodami, 12 vols (Oxford, 1906-1958) (Latin Text)
• Collected Works of Erasmus (Toronto, 1976-), based on the Allen edition, with a small number of additions and emendations (English Text)

See also: Erasmus' Correspondents, Erasmus, Henry VIII, Humanism, John Colet, John Fisher, Juan Luis Vives, Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon