jan 1, 1509 - Erasmus wrote his most famous work, The Praise of Folly.

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-1509
-Northern Europe
This book
poked fun at greedy merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars, and pompous priests. Erasmus believed in a Christianity of the heart, not one of ceremonies or rules. He thought that in order to improve society, all people should

study the Bible.

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