Erasmus wrote Renaissance humanist works that combine scholarship, satire and arguments about education, religion and moral conduct. The Praise of Folly is his most widely read work, placing a comic speech in the mouth of Folly herself to expose vanity, superstition, clerical abuse and intellectual pretension. The Education of a Christian Prince offers advice on responsible rule, while his Adages gathered and explained classical sayings for readers interested in rhetoric and ancient learning. Erasmus also produced major biblical scholarship and extensive correspondence. His prose can be witty, ironic and argumentative rather than systematic. His work fits Renaissance humanism, religious satire, classical learning and early modern political thought. Read more Less
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