Erasmus
Legacy and evaluations

Since the origin of Christianity there have been perhaps only two other men—St Augustine and Voltaire—whose influence can be paralleled with Erasmus.

Erasmus was given the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists", and has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists ". He has also been called "the most illustrious rhetorician and educationalist of the Renaissance".

By the 1570s, "Everyone had assimilated Erasmus to one extent or another."

However, at times he has been viciously criticized, his works suppressed, his expertise corralled, his writings misinterpreted, his thought demonized, and his legacy marginalized.
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