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noun - Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe
ERASMUS - Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; 28 October 1466 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Christian Humanist who was th...
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| In his 1509 work "The Praise of Folly", this Dutch priest criticized the moral quality of church leaders |
| This 16th century Dutch scholar is buried in Basel |
| This Dutch humanist scholar dedicated his "Praise of Folly" to Sir Thomas More |
| This Dutch humanist's 1524 work "On Free Will" was an attack on Martin Luther |
| In the early 1500s this Dutch humanist taught Greek at Cambridge |
| This Dutch Renaissance humanist was a pupil of Adrian VI, the only Dutch pope |
| In 1516 this Dutch humanist published the first Greek version of the New Testament since the original text |
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| Erasmus, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES |
| Erasmus, Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA |
| Erasmus, Free State, SOUTH AFRICA |
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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; 28 October 1466 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Christian Humanist who was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. Originally trained as a Catholic priest, Erasmus was an important figure in classical scholarship who wrote in a pure Latin style. Among humanists he enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists", and has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists". Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament, which raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. He also wrote On Free Will, In Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus, and many other works. * Erasmus lived against the backdrop of the growing European religious Reformation, but while he was critical of the |