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Jul 8, 2024 · Erasmus, Dutch humanist who was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament, and also an important figure in patristics and classical literature. Learn more about Erasmus’s life, including his various works as well as his legacy.
Feb 23, 2023 · In Artois, France he met the firebrand cleric Jean Voirier, who introduced Erasmus to the works of Origen, an early Christian writer who was influenced by Plato. By 1502, Erasmus was living in Leuven, Belgium and writing his own meditations on scripture.
- Rachel Ashcroft
Oct 28, 2020 · Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1469-1536) was a Dutch humanist scholar considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Renaissance. A prolific writer who made full use of the printing press, he produced editions of classical authors, educational treatises, translations, dialogues, and letters.
- Mark Cartwright
Desiderius Erasmus (ca. 1467 - 1536) RA Collection: People and Organisations Priest, scholar, reformer. Profile. Born: ca. 1467 Died: 1536. Gender: Male. Share
Desiderius Erasmus was the only humanist whose international fame in his own time compared to Petrarch’s. While lacking Petrarch’s polemical zeal and spirit of self-inquiry, he shared the Italian’s intense love of language, his dislike for the complexities and pretenses of medieval institutions both secular and religious, and his ...
- Robert Grudin
Sep 27, 2017 · In a catalogue he published in 1523, Erasmus arranged his writings under nine headings: works furthering language arts, that is, literary and educational writings; his collection of adages; his correspondence; works furthering moral education (he noted that their content overlapped with works in the first category); works promoting piety; the ...
Desiderius Erasmus (1466?–1536), also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, was Europe’s first celebrity scholar, famous for his theological and philosophical writings. His ideas were widely and rapidly disseminated through the relatively new technology of the printing press.
