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Desiderius Erasmus (1466­1536) was a Dutch writer, theologian, and
scholar. Erasmus is regarded as northern Europe’s greatest Renaissance
intellectual. Called the “father of the Reformation,” Erasmus did not
support Martin Luther’s reforms and wrote several tracts attacking
him. Though he would remain a Roman Catholic all his life, Erasmus was
extremely critical of corrupt church practices and rationalist
Scholasticism. In his 1509 satire, The Praise of Folie (dedicated to
Thomas More), Erasmus called for a return to simple Christian ethics.