Background
Mansfield, Bruce Edgar was born on March 30, 1926 in Brisbane, Australia. Son of Edgar James and Ethel Leah (Greenberg) Mansfield.
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During his lifetime Erasmus was one of the most controversial figures of Renaissance and Reformation Europe. In the 450 years since his death his reputation has undergone a series of fluctuations that reflect the attitudes of successive periods in European, and eventually North American, theological and social thought. Mansfield aims to relate changing interpretations of Erasmus to the historical contexts and experiences of those who wrote about him. He explores the influences in turn of the Enlightenment, romanticism, religious revival, and the emergence of liberalism. In the twentieth century, Mansfield concludes, more modern ways of studying Erasmus have emerged, notably through seeing him more precisely in his own historical context. He argues, nevertheless, that the Enlightenment liberal interpretation of Erasmus remained the dominant one through the whole period, and that despite its weaknesses, it did succeed in revealing essential aspects of Erasmus as a historical personality.
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Mansfield, Bruce Edgar was born on March 30, 1926 in Brisbane, Australia. Son of Edgar James and Ethel Leah (Greenberg) Mansfield.
Bachelor with honors, University Sydney, Australia, 1949. Master of Arts with honors, University Sydney, Australia, 1951. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Sydney, Australia, 1991.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Macquarie University, Sydney, 1992. Doctor University (honorary), Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia, 1995.
From lecturer to associate professor of history, U. Sydney, 1951-1965;
professor of history, Macquarie U., Sydney, 1965-1975;
deputy vice-chancellor, Macquarie U., Sydney, 1976-1985;
retired, Macquarie U., Sydney, 1985. Visiting professor U. Sydney, 1986-1991. Chairman county Mitchell College, Bathurst, 1979-1980, 88-89.
Deputy chancellor Charles Sturt U., 1989-1992.
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( During his lifetime Erasmus was one of the most controv...)
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Chairman Police Education Advisory Council, New South Wales, Australia, 1987-1995. Active Higher Education Board New South Wales, 1985-1987. Deputy chairman United Theological College, Sydney, 1992-1997, chairman, since 1997.
Fellow Australian Academy of the Humanities (honorary). Member Australian History Association (president 1977-1978), Renaissance Society of America, Erasmus Rotterdam Society (executive committee since 1986).
Married Joan Isobel Wood, May 19, 1950. Children: Martin, Paul, Nicholas.