Enchiridion Militis Christiani (English): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Enchiridion Militis Christiani (English), credited to Desiderius Erasmus, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Enchiridion Militis Christiani (English) by Desiderius Erasmus. (Translated by William Tyndale.) Read in English by Devorah Allen. One of the most influential works by the medieval scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam, the Enchiridion Militis Christiani (called in English The Manual of the Christian Knight or The Handbook of the Christian Soldier) was originally written in Latin in 1501. William Tyndale translated it into English in 1533, and it is this translation which is presented here. The aim of the book is especially to emphasize the difference between a true religion of the heart and an outward, formal religion of observances. Written in an age of formal righteousness, this book directs the conscience of the individual straight back to the sources of all Christian living, to the plain teaching of Jesus and the plain argument of common sense. -Summary by Devorah Allen

Recording facts

• Recording title: Enchiridion Militis Christiani (English)
• Author credits: Desiderius Erasmus
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 19
• Listed recording duration: 7:51:15

Catalogue topics

• medieval
• 15th century
• manual of the christian knight
• handbook of the christian soldier
• manual of the christian soldier
• handbook of the christian knight
• medieval christianity

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 1:00:28
2. 01 - Chapter I — 21:20
3. 02 - Chapter II — 31:34
4. 03 - Chapter III — 11:18
5. 04 - Chapter IV — 11:57
6. 05 - Chapter V — 11:50
7. 06 - Chapter VI — 15:58
8. 07 - Chapter VII — 12:15
9. 08 - Chapter XIII-X — 17:06
10. 09 - Chapters XI-XII — 27:21
11. 10 - Chapter XIII part 1 — 24:33
12. 11 - Chapter XIII part 2 — 25:45
13. 12 - Chapter XIII part 3 — 26:50
14. 13 - Chapter XIV — 37:32
15. 14 - Chapter XV — 41:55
16. 15 - Chapters XVI-XXV — 19:59
17. 16 - Chapters XXVI-XXXII — 31:26
18. 17 - Chapters XXXIII-XXXVI — 19:02
19. 18 - Chapters XXXVII-XXXVIII — 23:06

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