About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Desiderius Erasmus, Pope Adrian IV, Richard of Saint Victor, Thomas a Kempis, William de Corbeil, Piers Langtoft, Walter Bower, Luis de Leon, Robert Ferrar, Alexander Neckam, Waltheof of Melrose, Rutgerus Sycamber, Henry of Holyrood, Walter Hilton, Thomas Gallus, Gerhoh of Reichersberg, Henry Knighton, Simon de Wedale, William of Newburgh, Philip Repyngdon, Abbot of Scone, Raymundus Jordanus, William of Champeaux, Abbot of Inchaffray, Prior of Whithorn, Abbot of Holyrood, Prior of May, John of Whithorn, Martin of Leon, Abbot of Jedburgh, Prior of St Mary's Isle, Prior of Restenneth, Prior of Monymusk, Francois de Tournon, Prior of Inchmahome, Prior of Oronsay, Abbot of Inchcolm, John Hepburn, Prior of St Andrews, Osbert of Dunblane, Saint Filan, Raymond of Barbastro, John Strecche, Prior of Strath Fillan, Prior of Canonbie, Pierre Le Tessier, Johannes Busch. Excerpt: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (October 28, 1466 - July 12, 1536), known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and a theologian. Erasmus was a classical scholar who wrote in a pure Latin style and enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists." He has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists." Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. He also wrote The Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus, and many other works. Erasmus lived through the Reformation period, but while he was critical of the Church, he could not bring himself to join the cause of the Reformers. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church, Erasmus...
