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n. - Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe.

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  • Thus the name Erasmus itself was a classicism of his father's name Gerhard, the German name Muth became Mutianus,
  • Still, all the important people and characters (except for Erasmus) get introduced, and even Erasmus is discussed.
  • The protagonist, Erasmus, is from the Edharian order, who are, for lack of a better analogy, Platonist physicists.
  • In doing this Barbara's caution in not calling Erasmus by name proved to have been futile, for
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