Desiderius Erasmus
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- Desiderius Erasmus
- Who was he?
- Illegitimate son of a priest
- Probably born in 1466 in Rotterdam
- Ordained in 1492
- Studied in Paris
- From 1499, he adopted the life of an independent scholar
- Moved from the city to city tutoring, lecturing and corresponding with thinkers all over Eur
- Writing
- He began writing in roughly 1500
- He wrote on both theological ad secular subjects
- The Praise of Folie
- 1509
- It was dedicated to his English friend Thomas More
- It advocated a return to a more simple Christianity.
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