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Also Known As Desiderius Erasmus
Born October 27, 1466? • October 27, 1469 • Rotterdam • Netherlands
Died July 12, 1536 (aged 66) • Basel • Switzerland
Notable Works “Adagia” • “Antibarbarorum liber” • “De libero arbitrio” • “De sarcienda ecclesiae concordia” • “Education of a Christian Prince” • “Handbook of a Christian Knight” • “Hyperaspistes” • “Julius exclusus e coelis” • “Praise of Folly” • “The Complaint of Peace”
Movement / Style Renaissance
Subjects Of Study Christianity • Church Father • New Testament • free will

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