Reassessing Tudor Humanism

Author : J. Woolfson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230506275

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Reassessing Tudor Humanism by J. Woolfson Pdf

This collection of essays by an international team of experts, explores the wideranging impact of Renaissance humanism on sixteenth century England. Investigating areas as diverse as art, education, religion, political thought, literature and science, the book offers fresh and challenging accounts of prominent Tudor figures such as Thomas More, William Tyndale and John Foxe. As well as historiographical overviews of the subject and a discussion of the fifteenth century background to Tudor developments, one of the book's central themes is the nature of England's fundamental cultural experiences in relation to continental Europe.

Author : Alessandra Petrina
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004137134

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Cultural politics in fifteenth-century England [electronic resource] by Alessandra Petrina Pdf

This book analyses the relation between politics and the production of culture in Lancastrian England, focussing on the intellectual activity of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, reconstructing his library and analysing his commissions of translations, biographies and political poems.

Author : Alistair Fox,John Guy
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0631146148

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Reassessing the Henrician Age by Alistair Fox,John Guy Pdf

Author : Paul J du Plessis
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781474408875

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Reassessing Legal Humanism and its Claims by Paul J du Plessis Pdf

This book is a fundamental reassessment of the nature and impact of legal humanism on the development of law in Europe. It brings together the foremost international experts in related fields such as legal and intellectual history to debate central issues

Author : Tracey A. Sowerby,Tracey Sowerby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199584635

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Renaissance and Reform in Tudor England by Tracey A. Sowerby,Tracey Sowerby Pdf

Sir Richard Morison (c.1513-1556) is best known as Henry VIII's most prolific propagandist. Yet he was also an accomplished scholar, politician, theologian and diplomat who was linked to the leading political and religious figures of his day. Despite his prominence, Morison has never received a full historical treatment. Based on extensive archival research, Renaissance and Reform in Tudor England provides a well-rounded picture of Morison that contributes significantly to the broader questions of intellectual, cultural, religious, and political history. Tracey Sowerby contextualizes Morison within each of his careers: he is considered as a propagandist, politician, reformer, diplomat and Marian exile. Morison emerges as a more influential and original figure than previously thought.

Author : Hyun-Ah Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317119593

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Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England by Hyun-Ah Kim Pdf

John Merbecke (c.1505-c.1585) is most famous as the composer of the first musical setting of the English liturgy, The Booke of Common Praier Noted (BCPN), published in 1550. Not only was Merbecke a pioneer in setting English prose to music but also the compiler of the first Concordance of the whole English Bible (1550) and of the first English encyclopaedia of biblical and theological studies, A Booke of Notes and Common Places (1581). By situating Merbecke and his work within a broader intellectual and religio-cultural context of Tudor England, this book challenges the existing studies of Merbecke based on the narrow theological approach to the Reformation. Furthermore, it suggests a re-thinking of the prevailing interpretative framework of Reformation musical history. On the basis of the new contextual study of Merbecke, this book seeks to re-interpret his work, particularly BCPN, in the light of humanist rhetoric. It sees Merbecke as embodying the ideal of the 'Christian-musical orator', demonstrating that BCPN is an Anglican epitome of the Erasmian synthesis of eloquence, theology and music. The book thus depicts Merbecke as a humanist reformer, through re-evaluation of his contributions to the developments of vernacular music and literature in early modern England. As such it will be of interest, not only to church musicians, but also to historians of the Reformation and students of wider Tudor culture.

Author : Ian Green
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317119623

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Humanism and Protestantism in Early Modern English Education by Ian Green Pdf

This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Protestantism on the education offered to a wide range of adolescents in the hundreds of grammar schools operating in England between the Reformation and the Enlightenment. By placing that education in the context of Lutheran, Calvinist and Jesuit education abroad, it offers an overview of the uses to which Latin and Greek were put in English schools, and identifies the strategies devised by clergy and laity in England for coping with the tensions between classical studies and Protestant doctrine. It also offers a reassessment of the role of the 'godly' in English education, and demonstrates the many ways in which a classical education came to be combined with close support for the English Crown and established church. One of the major sources used is the school textbooks which were incorporated into the 'English Stock' set up by leading members of the Stationers' Company of London and reproduced in hundreds of thousands of copies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Although the core of classical education remained essentially the same for two centuries, there was a growing gulf between the methods by which classics were taught in elite institutions such as Winchester and Westminster and in the many town and country grammar schools in which translations or bilingual versions of many classical texts were given to weaker students. The success of these new translations probably encouraged editors and publishers to offer those adults who had received little or no classical education new versions of works by Aesop, Cicero, Ovid, Virgil, Seneca and Caesar. This fascination with ancient Greece and Rome left its mark not only on the lifestyle and literary tastes of the educated elite, but also reinforced the strongly moralistic outlook of many of the English laity who equated virtue and good works with pleasing God and meriting salvation.

Author : F. Schurink
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230361102

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Tudor Translation by F. Schurink Pdf

Leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explore translations as a key agent of change in the wider religious, cultural and literary developments of the early modern period, and restore translation to the centre of our understanding of the literature and history of Tudor England.

Author : Gregory D. Dodds
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442693159

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Exploiting Erasmus by Gregory D. Dodds Pdf

Desiderius Erasmus' humanist works were influential throughout Europe, in various areas of thought including theology, education, philology, and political theory. Exploiting Erasmus examines the legacy of Erasmus in England from the mid-sixteenth century to the overthrow of James II in 1688 and studies the various ways in which his works were received, manipulated, and used in religious controversies that threatened both church and state. In viewing movements and events such as the rise of anti-Calvinism, the religious politics leading to the English civil war, and the emergence of the Latitudinarians during the Restoration, Gregory D. Dodds provides a fascinating account not only of the reception and effects of Erasmus' works, but also of the early history of English Protestantism. Exploiting Erasmus offers a critical new angle for rethinking the theology and rhetoric of the time. It is a remarkable study of Erasmus' influence on issues of conformity, tolerance, war, and peace.

Author : Stephen J. Milner,John Monfasani,John L. Flood,Jacqueline Glomski,Cristina Neagu,Jeremy Lawrance,Craig Taylor,Tom Rutledge,Daniel Wakelin,Oren Margolis
Publisher : The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780907570233

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Humanism in FIfteenth-Century Europe by Stephen J. Milner,John Monfasani,John L. Flood,Jacqueline Glomski,Cristina Neagu,Jeremy Lawrance,Craig Taylor,Tom Rutledge,Daniel Wakelin,Oren Margolis Pdf

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Author : Daniel Wakelin,Lecturer in English Daniel Wakelin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199215881

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Humanism, Reading, & English Literature 1430-1530 by Daniel Wakelin,Lecturer in English Daniel Wakelin Pdf

Wakelin uses new methods and theories in the history of reading to uncover fresh information about the design, ownership, and marginalia of books in a neglected period in English literary history. This is the first book to identify the origins of the humanist tradition in England in the 15th century.

Author : Ted Booth
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443866385

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A Body Politic to Govern by Ted Booth Pdf

A Body Politic to Govern: The Political Humanism of Elizabeth I is a fresh look at a much studied historical figure. This work examines the influence between the virtues and thoughts of the political humanists of the Italian Renaissance, and the political persona of England’s Elizabeth I. Special attention is paid to how Elizabeth constructed literary works such as letters and speeches, as well the style in which she governed England. This learned queen exemplified the virtues of political humanism through her dedication to the vita activa, amor patriae, and service to the greater good of her realm. In order to silence her critics who had license to criticize her as a female monarch, Elizabeth chose to speak the political language of the day, defending and asserting her right to rule by relying on her classical humanist education.

Author : Valerie Schutte,Jessica S. Hower
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031356889

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Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory by Valerie Schutte,Jessica S. Hower Pdf

This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England. It places Jane's attempted accession and Mary I's successful accession and reign in comparative perspective, and illustrates how the two are fundamentally linked to one another, and to broader questions of female kingship, precedent, and legitimacy. Through ten original essays, this book considers the nature and meaning of mid-Tudor queenship as it took shape, functioned, and was construed in the sixteenth century as well as its memory down to the twenty-first, in literary, musical, artistic, theatrical, and other cultural forms. Offering unique comparative insights into Jane and Mary, this volume is a key resource for researchers and students interested in the Tudor period, queenship, and historical memory.

Author : Jessica S. Hower
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030628925

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Tudor Empire by Jessica S. Hower Pdf

This book recasts one of the most well-studied and popularly-beloved eras in history: the tumultuous span from the 1485 accession of Henry VII to the 1603 death of Elizabeth I. Though many have gravitated toward this period for its high drama and national importance, the book offers a new narrative by focusing on another facet of the British past that has exercised an equally powerful grip on audiences: imperialism. It argues that the sixteenth century was pivotal to the making of both Britain and the British Empire. Unearthing over a century of theorizing about and probing into the world beyond England’s borders, Tudor Empire shows that foreign enterprise at once mirrored, responded to, and provoked domestic politics and culture, while decisively shaping the Atlantic World. Demonstrating that territorial expansion abroad and national consolidation and identity formation at home were concurrent, intertwined, and mutually reinforcing, the author examines some of the earliest ventures undertaken by the crown and its subjects in France, Scotland, Ireland, and the Americas. Tudor Empire is a thought-provoking, essential read for those interested in the Tudors and the British Empire that they helped create.

Author : Mike Pincombe
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443814911

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Writing the Other by Mike Pincombe Pdf

An international group of scholars working in early modern English literature and culture have been invited to reflect upon one of the most dynamic dialectics of the period: the opposition between the concept “human, humanist, humanism” versus the concept “barbarous, barbarian, barbarism.” The result is Writing the Other: Humanism versus Barbarism in Tudor England. The essays in this volume range widely across the literary and cultural field mapped out by this opposition, thus revealing a rich multiplicity of voices and approaches to one of the fundamental processes by which self-fashioning and also “other-fashioning” operated during the Tudor reign. The focus moves from England to North Africa, to Hungary and to the New World in its panoramic display of the vast theatre in which identities were forged. The volume as a whole demonstrates how the cultural OtherOther was as much invented as described—“forged” in the sense, perhaps, of “counterfeited” —during the early modern and especially the Tudor period. This invention occasionally led to the demonisation of the object of its gaze, at other times its rehumanisation; sometimes we may detect evidence of a painful act of distortion, and at others we see the purposeful and profitable creation of a self-identityidentity with an eye on the rhetorical, religious, poetic, national expectations of the readers in the new context of print culture. But everywhere we witness the remarkable energy and fertility of the primary opposition which gives this collection its central theme.