Editing Erasmus (section)

====Paris====
In 1495 with Bishop Henry's consent and a stipend, Erasmus went on to study at the [[University of Paris]]  in the [[Collège de Montaigu]], a centre of reforming zeal,<ref group=note>Subsequent students included Ignatius of Loyola, Noël Béda, Jean Calvin, and John Knox.</ref> under the direction of the [[ascetic]] [[Jan Standonck]], of whose rigors he complained.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Edward D. |last2=Lightfoot |first2=J.B. |last3=Kenyon |first3=Frederic G. |title=The Revisions of the English Holy Bible: Misunderstandings and Misconceptions about the English Bible Translations |date=2022 |publisher=Christian Publishing House |isbn=979-8-3521-2418-5}}</ref> The university was then the chief seat of [[Scholasticism|Scholastic]] learning but already coming under the influence of [[Renaissance]] humanism.<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Lundberg |first1=Christa |title=Apostolic theology and humanism at the University of Paris, 1490–1540 |date=16 February 2022 |publisher=Apollo – University of Cambridge Repository |doi=10.17863/CAM.81488 |language=en}}</ref> For instance, Erasmus became an intimate friend of an Italian humanist [[Publio Fausto Andrelini]], poet and "professor of humanity" in Paris.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

During this time, Erasmus developed a deep aversion to exclusive or excessive [[Aristotelianism]] and [[Scholasticism]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ptaszyński |first1=Maciej |title=Theologians and Their Bellies: The Erasmian Epithet Theologaster during the Reformation |journal=Erasmus Studies |date=8 October 2021 |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=200–229 |doi=10.1163/18749275-04102001 |s2cid=240246657 |issn=1874-9275 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and started finding work as a tutor/chaperone to visiting English and Scottish aristocrats, most importantly in his life [[William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy]].  There is no record of him graduating.