Desiderius erasmus rotterdam biographie
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
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Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
BORN: October 27,
DEATH: July 12,
BIRTHPLACE: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Who Was Erasmus?
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam was one of Europe's most famous and influential scholars.
A man of great intellect who rose from meager beginnings to become one of Europe's greatest thinkers, he defined the humanist movement in Northern Europe.
Desiderius erasmus rotterdam biographie
His translation to Greek of the New Testament brought on a theological revolution, and his views on the Reformation tempered its more radical elements.
Early Life
Erasmus rose from obscure beginnings to become one of the leading intellectual figures of the early Northern Renaissance.
Most historians believe that he was born Gerard Gerardson in (with many noting his probable birthdate as October 27) in Rotterdam, Holland. His father, believed to be Roger Gerard, was a priest, and his mother was named Margaret, the daughter of a physician.
He was christened with the name