1. Unit 3: The Early Modern West.
Click on Chapter 13: Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.
Click on the link for Chapter Review and Chapter Activities.
Select Reflection Activity: Erasmus: The Praise of Folly.
Read the passage. Do not answer the reflection questions within MindTap. You will submit your work in a separate document through Canvas.
In a Word document, answer the following questions. Your answers should be two to three paragraphs in length and at least 300 words in total.
Prompt questions: Answer all 3.
1. In his satirical statements about monks and their practice of religion, what is Erasmus’s message? Use examples from your reading.
2. How might this type of satire have encouraged the reforms he desired in the Church?
3. How effective has this method of criticism been in other parts of the world?
