Narratives of Peace in Religious Discourses - Perspectives from Europe and the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Era - Ludovico Battista

Narratives of Peace in Religious Discourses - Perspectives from Europe and the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Era - Ludovico Battista

Specula Pacis: Cosmopolitan Pacifism in Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More

Narratives of Peace in Religious Discourses - Perspectives from Europe and the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Era - Ludovico Battista

Antonello Mori [+-]
University College Cork
Antonello Mori is Junior Research Fellow at the Euronews Project of the University College Cork. He obtained his first Master’s Degree in Historical Studies at the University of Naples Federico II cum laude and his second Master’s Degree in Digital and Public Humanities at the University of Venice Ca’Foscari. His research interests are related to Digital and Public Humanities and the relationship between the religious and political power during the early modern period.
Antonio Senneca [+-]
University College Cork
Antonio Senneca is Junior Research Fellow at the Euronews Project of the University College Cork. He completed a Master’s Degree in Historical Studies at the University of Naples Federico II in July 2020 with a thesis titled "La riflessione sulla maiestas nel De principe di Giovanni Pontano e nel De maiestate di Giuniano Maio", focusing on the Humanistic and Renaissance political thought. During his academic career, he trained himself in palaeography, diplomatics, digital humanities and followed courses on Renaissance diplomacy, early modern politics and communication.

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This chapter aims to present the reflections of Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More on peace. Erasmus was mainly focused on the question of war, being a fierce opposer of it and strongly believing in the possibility of eradicating it from human behavior. Peace is an achievable status through a mix of free will, ratio, and logos. In order to reach such a goal, humankind needs education, a crucial element in Humanistic and Renaissance thought. On the same path we find More and his contradictions, which must be analyzed and contextualized. Although More imagined a tolerant and peaceful society on a global scale, unlike Erasmus, he recognized the impossibility of realizing this vision without the use of war.

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Mori , Antonello ; Senneca, Antonio. Specula Pacis: Cosmopolitan Pacifism in Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas More. Narratives of Peace in Religious Discourses - Perspectives from Europe and the Mediterranean in the Early Modern Era. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 167-186 Mar 2024. ISBN 9781800503885. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=44440. Date accessed: 19 Apr 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.44440. Mar 2024

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