12.1 Renaissance Ideas Flashcards
What ideas flourished under Henry VIII
Renaissance ideas
What is humanism
Embracing what humans need and what humans are worth
Who was the most significant humanist voice
John Colet
What did Colet form and what was its significance
Formed a school in London that laid down a curriculum based on Humanist principles
What type of schools were setup
Schools that were devised with the task of teaching boys the way of religion and Tudor politics
What did Wolsey do with building schools
Built a school in Ipswich
Where did Humanism have a lasting hold
Universities
Why wasnt humanism that significant
Most of the change that took place stemmed from the influence of new religious thinking rather than simply Renaissance thinking
When Henry came to the throne what was there limited evidence of and what happened
Renaissance thinking, Henry changed this
How did Renaissance thinking increase under Henry
- Knowledge of classical learning increased among the elites
- A growing number of schools became influenced by humanism
- Henry VIII saw himself as a promoter of new ideas and humanism
- The crown needed well-educated diplomats who could communicate with their foreign counter-parts in an elegant fashion
Who was Thomas More
The most important humanist scholar. He combined his intellectual interests with his work as a lawyer
What did Renaissance ideas have a significant impact on
Visual cultures
e.g. Henry had his parents placed in a tomb designed by an Italian sculptor in renaissance fashion. Painting, tapestry and music also.
What does England’s main cultural links reflect
The close commercial ties which existed between England and the Low Countries
