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Why did Desiderius Erasmus return to Basel near the end of his life?

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Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus, shown in dark robes and cap, writing with a quill at a desk, after Quinten Massijs, oil on panel, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. — Erasmus Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus.

Desiderius Erasmus returned to Basel near the end of his life specifically to oversee the publication of his manual on preaching, Ecclesiastes (1535), through the press.1

After moving to Freiburg im Breisgau in 1529 due to the banning of Catholic worship in Basel, Erasmus found the city of Basel to be a congenial environment. Following his return to supervise his work, he chose to remain there, where he eventually died in 1536.1