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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Christian Humanist that preached peace, tolerance, and love in northern Europe
A
Erasmus
B
Petrarch
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Erasmus lived against the backdrop of the growing European religious Reformation. He remained a member of the Catholic Church all his life, remaining committed to reforming the Church and its clerics’ abuses from within.

Detailed explanation-2: -Erasmus (1466–1536) was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance and the most widely influential Christian humanist scholar in history, becoming the most famous scholar in Europe in his day.

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