HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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Sir Thomas More
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Erasmus
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Machiavelli
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Da Vinci
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Praise of Folly, also translated as The Praise of Folly (Latin: Stultitiae Laus or Moriae Encomium), is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511.
Detailed explanation-2: -Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus’s best-known work.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Praise of Folly was written by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, a classical scholar and one of the foremost members of the “humanist” movement of the 16th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Erasmus’ particular fool’s literature, Moriae Encomium (1509), revealed his humanist concerns for civil and ecclesial society as a whole. He employed folly as a rhetorical instrument in satirical manner, evoking readers’ amusement from numerous charges against the perceived multi-layered social reality of the day.
Detailed explanation-5: -Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam is the author of the book ‘In Praise of Folly’. It was written in 1509. The book is written in a satirical form and it attacks the superstitions and traditions of the Church and European society.