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| | Erasmus of Rotterdam biography history books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, Dutch humanist and theologian, was born at Rotterdam, Holland, October 27, probably 1466. |
 | | In Belgium, Erasmus was exposed to the petty criticism of men nearer to him in blood and political connections, but hostile to all the principles of literary and religious progress to which he was devoting his life. |
 | | Also during this time, Erasmus, having been told by the church to return to the monastery, sought and received a dispensation from Pope Leo X which granted him the privilege of remaining in the world. |
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