Desiderious Erasmus, also known as Desiderious Erasmaus of Rotterdam, was born October 27 1466/1469 and died July 12, 1536 in Rotterdam, Holland.He was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and Catholic Christian theologian (priest). Some of his famous works are Praise of the Folly, Handbook of a Christian King, Copia, and many more. During his tme, Desiderious Erasmus, transformed the Bible into the vernacular.In 1516 was published his annotated New Testament, virtually the first Greek text, and in 1519 his edition on St. Jerome in nine folio volumes. In both of these works the aim of Erasmus was to introduce a more rational conception of Christian doctrine, and to emancipate men's minds from the frivolous and pedantic methods of the Scholastic theologians.
Bronze statue of Erasmus in Rotterdam. It was created by Hendrick de Keyser in 1622, replacing a stone statue of 1557.
This is one of Desiderius Erasmus famous works. He wrote this book in order to expose the ignorant and immoral behavior of many people of is day including the clergy by using humor.
