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Hans Holbein's witty marginal drawing of Folly (1515), in a copy owned by Erasmus himself. The Praise of Folly begins with a satirical learned encomium, in which Folly praises herself, in the manner of the Greek satirist Lucian (2nd century AD), whose work Erasmus and Sir Thomas More had recently translated into Latin; Folly swipes at every part of society, from lovers to princes to inventors ...
Erasmus by Holbein. Desiderius Erasmus was the most popular, most printed and arguably most influential author of the early Sixteenth Century, read in all nations in the West and frequently translated. By the 1530s, the writings of Erasmus accounted for 10 to 20 percent of all book sales in Europe. [1] "Undoubtedly he was the most read author ...
Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, [2] was an English lawyer, judge, [3] social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. [4] He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. [5]
'Erasmus is the greatest man we come across in the history of education!' (R.R. Bolger) … with greater confidence it can be claimed that Erasmus is the greatest man we come across in the history of education in the sixteenth century. …It may also be claimed that Erasmus was one of the most important champions of women's rights in his century.
The bulk of the colloquy are accounts (in turns sardonic and interested) of pilgrimages Erasmus had made in England: to the then pre-eminent English Marian shrine at Walsingham and to Thomas a Beckett's shrine at Canterbury (with John Colet), segueing into discussions of fables in general, lavish funerals, and not leaving to Saints affairs that ...
Erasmus is show resting his hands on a book, with Greek and Latin words that translate to "The Herculean Labours of Erasmus of Rotterdam". [6] According to art historian Stephanie Buck, this portrait is "an idealized picture of a sensitive, highly cultivated scholar, and this was precisely how Erasmus wanted to be remembered by future generations".
Maria More (née Scrope) (1534–1607), Wife of Thomas More II. Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) wearing his official Tudor Collar of Esses. This part reproduces Holbein's famous portrait of More now at the Frick Collection. [11] Thomas More II (1531–1606), Grandson of Sir Thomas More. Margaret Roper (1505–1544), Daughter of Sir Thomas More.
Thomas More was a 17th-century weaver and lay theologian who resided near Wisbech in England. He gained prominence for his 1646 theological work, "The Universality of God’s Free Grace in Christ to Mankind," in which he advocated universal redemption .