https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy The Life of Desiderius Erasmus en-us 2021-10-14 15:11:50 UTC 2023-04-21 15:52:23 UTC hello@padlet.com xgilsinger25 https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1817410258 He was a dutch philosopher, born in 1469, and was said to be one of the greatest humanist thinkers and greatest European scholar during his time of the 16th century. Desiderius also produced a book, The Praise of Folly (which makes fun of the foolishness of mankind), that was a best selling book of his age. His passion in humanism led him to meet varies lords and kings, and made him capable of living in many places and learning new things. ]]> 2021-10-14 15:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1817410258 xgilsinger25 https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833120624 He was born as an illegitimate child, which means that his parents weren't married at the time of his birth. His father, Roger Gerard, was a priest and his mother, Margaret, was the daughter of a physician. Though coming from a fairly non-powerful family, he became a big deal during the Renaissance. He was offered positions in the church many times but often declined because at the time he wasn't interested in showing that he had followed any religion. ]]> 2021-10-21 10:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833120624 xgilsinger25 https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833145804 He had eventually taken up on the offer and spent time in a religious order, remaining a monastery under a superior. He later left and studied theology in Paris and had come in contacted with English students, who invited him to England at the age of 33. John Colet, Sir Thomas More, John Fisher, and Archbishop Warhamwhile were the four people that he became friends with. They were interested in reviving Greek and Latin classics so while he was with these people he had realized that philological methodology could help out the church. He wasn't trying to establish religious scriptures, but he was trying to make them more obtainable and understandable. On the 12th of july 1536 he became ill and died from an attack of dysentery.]]> 2021-10-21 11:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833145804 xgilsinger25 https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833148065 2021-10-21 11:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833148065 xgilsinger25 https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833166579 2021-10-21 11:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833166579 xgilsinger25 https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833211503 He was a great scholar of the northern renaissance, was the first editor of the new testament, and defined the humanist movement in northern Europe.]]> 2021-10-21 11:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/xgilsinger25/cf8f5ac9zd9010jy/wish/1833211503