{"id":127729,"date":"2021-06-07T16:16:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T14:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=127729"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:43:43","slug":"the-rotterdam-priest-erasmus-was-no-prude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/06\/07\/the-rotterdam-priest-erasmus-was-no-prude\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rotterdam priest Erasmus was no prude"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lively portrait of Erasmus the man. This is what Sandra Langereis presents in her biography of Erasmus. \u201cThis man would really not have been surprised to hear us talking about him five centuries later,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Even though there are no registers of baptism to confirm his birthplace, Langereis is convinced: Erasmus was a Rotterdammer. \u201cWe do not have the ultimate source but in my book, I present documents provided by Erasmus\u2019 father, Gerard, who describes himself in those documents as a Rotterdammer.\u201d<\/p>\n

This Gerard ensured that Erasmus grew up among books, which was very unusual for that time. \u201cErasmus\u2019 father earned a living in Italy copying books. He then returned to the Netherlands with a stack of these books which his son Erasmus read.\u201d<\/p>\n

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