In ‘period of a few decades the humanist culture spread to France, Germany, England. It created the ‘”northern humanism,” who inherited the typical features of Italian, as the enhancement of the Latin and Greek classics and criticism to know the universities. The most important among the humanists of the ‘Northern Europe was ERASMO DA ROTTERDAM . Erasmus published a new edition of the New Testament. In theology, Erasmus embraces a positive view of free will. Erasmus denounced the evils of his time in a famous paper: the ‘Praise of Folly which highlights all the errors of the classes of the time. According to him the reality turns out to be folly, even when it is seen as wisdom.