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Dutch priest who published In Praise of Folly in which he criticized corrupt clergy. His criticism helped inspire the Protestant Reformation.
A
Desiderius Erasmus
B
William Shakespear
C
John Calvin
D
Martin Luther
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Erasmus had criticized the church for many of the same problems that Luther later attacked. In one of his most famous books, The “Praise of Folly, ‘’ he mocked priests who didn’t read the Bible.

Detailed explanation-2: -Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most important figures of the Renaissance. The Praise of Folly is perhaps his best-known work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Written in Latin in 1509 and published in 1511, “Praise of Folly” by Dutch humanist and scholar Desiderius Erasmus is considered one of the most important works of literature in Western Civilization.

Detailed explanation-4: -Desiderius Erasmus was one of the leading activists and thinkers of the European Renaissance. His main activity was to write letters to the leading statesmen, humanists, printers, and theologians of the first three and a half decades of the sixteenth century.

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