Desiderius Erasmus Summary

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1,332 words, approx. 5 pages
Erasmus, Desiderius ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1469?–1536), Dutch scholar, is called the "prince of humanists." Neither the date nor the place of Erasmus's birth is known with ce... Read more
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Erasmus, Desiderius(1466?–1536) Desiderius Erasmus, the great Renaissance humanist and scholar, was born at either Rotterdam or Gouda in Holland, the illegitimate son of a priest. As a child he... Read more