Historedia
Person

Desiderius Erasmus

Events
2
Episodes
5
Years
1515–1516

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Desiderius Erasmus, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Thomas More completes Utopia

    1515–1516

    Role: Editor and Publisher

    1. May 1515 · Low CountriesDrafting in the Low Countries

      More began writing Utopia during a diplomatic mission to the Low Countries in May 1515, drafting the introduction and societal description.

    2. 1516 · LeuvenLeuven Printing

      The work was printed in Leuven in 1516 under Erasmus's editorship, marking its first public release.

    3. September 1516 · EnglandCompletion and Erasmus Review

      More completed the 'dialogue of counsel' in September 1516 and gave the finished manuscript to Desiderius Erasmus.

  2. Erasmus publishes Novum Instrumentum omne

    1516

    Role: Author and Scholar

    1. 1516 · BaselDedication to Pope Leo X

      Erasmus dedicated the 1516 Novum Instrumentum omne to Pope Leo X, framing the work within the humanist ad fontes program.

    2. 1 March 1516 · BaselPrinting Completion

      The printing of the Novum Instrumentum omne was completed in Basel on 1 March 1516, following a start date of 2 October 1515.

Sources

  1. Utopia (book) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
  2. Thomas More Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
  3. Erasmus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
  4. Novum Instrumentum omne Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-26