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Definition of Desiderius Erasmus

1. Noun. Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536).

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Literary usage of Desiderius Erasmus

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1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"London: Longmans, 1901-4. ll Briefe an Desiderius Erasmus. ... Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. By Ephraim Emer- ton, Ph.D. New York: Putnam, 1899. 6. ..."

2. Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century by Henry Osborn Taylor (1920)
"CHAPTER VII Desiderius Erasmus, THE NORTHERN APOSTLE OF LETTERS AND REASONABLENESS ERASMUS was the most influential man of letters of his time and the most ..."

3. The Christian Examiner (1850)
"By Desiderius Erasmus. Newly translated, with the Colloquy on Rash Vows, by the same Author, and his Characters of Archbishop Warham and Dean Colet, ..."

4. The English Review (1850)
"By Desiderius Erasmus. Newly translated, with the Colloquy of Rash Voies, by the same Author, fyc. By JOHN GOUGH NICHOLS, FSA Westminster: JB Nichols & Son. ..."

5. The Importance of Women in Anglo-Saxon Times: The Cultus of St. Peter and St by George Forrest Browne (1919)
"... Desiderius Erasmus BooKs OF REFERENCE Desiderii Erasmi Opera Omnia. ... There are various accounts of the origin of his names, Desiderius Erasmus ..."

6. Holland's Influence on English Language and Literature by Tiemen De Vries (1916)
"CHAPTER XVIII ON Desiderius Erasmus, 1467-1536 If1 the.re is any son of the Dutch nation whose name is familiar to the English people, and whose works have ..."

7. A Literary Source-book of the Italian Renaissance by Merrick Whitcomb (1898)
"Desiderius Erasmus. Desiderius Erasmus (1467-1536), as he called himself according to the literary fashion of the time, changing the name of Gerhard to its ..."

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