Utopia (book)
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Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More, written in Latin and published in 1516 and revised in 1518. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island
Illustration for the 1516 first edition of Utopia
A woodcut by Ambrosius Holbein, illustrating a 1518 edition. In the lower left, Raphael describes the island Utopia.
Sir Thomas More
Text from Utopia painted on a brick wall in Norwich, England
Erasmus
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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was, through his writings and translations, o
Utopia (book)
…scholars have suggested that Utopia is actually an example of More's criticism of the humanist principles advanced by his contemporary and friend, Erasmus. Classical scholar Giulia Sissa claims that Hythloday is a parody of Erasmus further arguing that Utopia was meant more as a satirization of Erasmus…
Erasmus, in a 1523 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Statue of Erasmus in Rotterdam. Gilded bronze statue by Hendrick de Keyser (1622), replacing a stone (1557), and a wooden (1549).
Hieronymous Bosch, Temptation of St Anthony, triptych (c. 1501), painted in 's-Hertogenbosch, later owned by his friend Damião de Gois
Bust by Hildo Krop (1950) in Gouda, where Erasmus spent his youth