Book IV. The Diversity of European Spiritual Histories

The prospective ruin of Christendom was repeatedly predicted at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

In 1494, Sebastian Brant wrote “ship of fools”. In 1511, Erasmus wrote the Prize of Folly. In 1515, Thomas More wrote Utopia. It describes the repugnant state of the French and English political elites of his day and exposes the dramas and destructions France will generate if its policy of expansion –with the help of the Turks-were pursued.