Witty influential work by one of the greatest scholars of the Renaissancesatirizes the shortcomings of the upper classes and religious institutions.Required rea... » 

Witty influential work by one of the greatest scholars of the Renaissancesatirizes the shortcomings of the upper classes and religious institutions.Required reading for humanities classes this literary gem is ripe withvignettes and caricatures 151 with Folly a metaphor for stupidity thecenterpiece. Unabridged republication of the John Wilson translation. «