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Isn't this view of Leuven incredible?

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Even though this tower wasn't built
when Erasmus was in Leuven,

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we're going to use it as a vantage point to talk
about some of the highlights during his stay here.

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Look over there where the city park is now.

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That was the former site of Saint Donatus College

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where Erasmus lived during his first stay
here in Leuven in the 16th century

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when he came to improve his Greek.

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Right in front of you, on the Bondgenotenlaan,
stood the Lily,

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one of the four study houses or pedagogies where students
of the Artes were given their basic training.

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That is where Erasmus stayed during his second period
in Leuven, when he also founded the Collegium Trilingue.

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Now look over to the Grote Markt.

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Erasmus would have also seen
the town hall standing here.

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But the only difference would
be that the niches were empty.

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And what about Saint Peter's Church?

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During Erasmus' stay in Leuven,
the church was probably surrounded by scaffolding

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because the building of the original towers was continually
thwarted by instability and problems with the foundations.

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In any case, this church and Erasmus were
not the best of friends.

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In fact, a sermon was once preached against him here,
vilifying the Collegium Trilingue

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and Erasmus' commentary on the New Testament.

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Despite the fact that Erasmus was a priest,

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he was often labelled a heretic
because of his humanist ideas.

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We are done up here and now I've got some good news:

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we get to go down the stairs to our next location.

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So come with me!