Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

CountryFrance, Holy Roman Empire

LanguagesNeo-Latin

Datesc. 1466 — 1536

christianitymedieval europerenaissance

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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.— Wikipedia