Written for the Heroes of the Reformation series, this life follows Erasmus from school and monastery to Paris, his first visit to England, Italy and the Praise of Folly, the Greek New Testament, and his years at Basel and Louvain. The closing chapters show why the most famous scholar in Europe refused Luther’s cause and broke with the reforming parties.
A clear, sympathetic portrait by a Harvard church historian, well suited to readers new to the great humanist. Download the free EPUB.