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Question
The Renaissance was a period of great intellectual activity. Given an account of the outstanding work of the following writer:
Erasmus
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Solution
Erasmus: Desiderius Erasmus belonged to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, was a great writer of Humanism. He became a priest and mastered Greek and Latin classics. In his famous work ‘Praise of Folly’, he ridiculed the corrupt practices and superstitions of the Church.
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