1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,599 This is one of the oldest and best preserved streets in Leuven. 2 00:00:05,699 --> 00:00:08,980 Erasmus must have come here often, because Guy Morillon 3 00:00:08,980 --> 00:00:12,693 lived in this 16th century house that is now number 20. 4 00:00:12,793 --> 00:00:15,380 Guy Morillon was secretary to Charles V 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,106 and a good friend and fellow student of Erasmus. 6 00:00:18,380 --> 00:00:21,660 He helped Erasmus to found the Collegium Trilingue, 7 00:00:21,765 --> 00:00:23,794 where his sons were also educated. 8 00:00:24,021 --> 00:00:27,700 Erasmus was later also to become a councillor to Charles V. 9 00:00:27,993 --> 00:00:32,070 The Dominican church around the corner was built in the 13th century 10 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:35,320 and was one of the first Gothic churches to be built in Belgium. 11 00:00:35,420 --> 00:00:37,615 When Erasmus lived in Leuven, 12 00:00:37,715 --> 00:00:42,175 this church was the monastery church of the Dominicans or Friars Preachers. 13 00:00:42,275 --> 00:00:46,500 During his time in Leuven, Erasmus came into conflict with the Dominicans. 14 00:00:46,830 --> 00:00:52,034 The brothers did not like the competition from the Trilingual College, where Greek was being taught. 15 00:00:52,376 --> 00:00:56,092 Previously the monasteries had had a monopoly on teaching Greek. 16 00:00:56,433 --> 00:01:00,794 But worse than that, they had also ideological differences with humanism, 17 00:01:00,917 --> 00:01:05,069 so they also criticised Erasmus' work and his tolerance of the Reformation. 18 00:01:05,169 --> 00:01:09,335 Some of the brothers even accused him of direct collaboration with Luther. 19 00:01:09,477 --> 00:01:12,805 Such accusations were not to be taken lightly in those days! 20 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,440 In the end, Erasmus was forced to leave Leuven because of the pressure of these charges, 21 00:01:17,540 --> 00:01:20,483 and he eventually settled in the Swiss town of Basel.