Humanism, arts and learning

Question 1

Who were Humanists?

Answer 1

believers in the Catholic faith, particularly the notion of free will

Question 2

What did their work affect other than religion?

Answer 2

politics and economics

Question 3

Who was John Colet?

Answer 3

an educator who saw humanist scholar approaches as a means of reforming the Church from within

Question 4

Who was Erasmus?

Answer 4

a Dutch scholar who published a book in 1504 and sought to regenerate christianity through emphasis on education and rejection of some of the Church’s traditional ceremonies

Question 5

What year did Erasmus publish a book which sought to regenerate christianity through the emphasis on education and rejection of some of the Church’s traditional ceremonies?

Answer 5

1504

Question 6

Who was Sir Thomas More, a friend of Erasmus ?

Answer 6

a lawyer and humanist scholar and appointed Lord Chancellor after the fall of Wolsey in 1529 but resigned in despair in 1532 following Henry’s religious changes and executed for treason

Question 7

What was scholasticism?

Answer 7

a system of philosophical analysis in the medieval period

Question 8

What was English intellectual life dominated by?

Answer 8

the traditional medieval scholastic philosophy

Question 9

What did humanists consider the traditional medieval scholastic philosophy which dominated English intellectual life to be?

Answer 9

too formal and old fashioned

Question 10

How many new grammar schools were founded between 1460-1509?

Answer 10

53

Question 11

Who was responsible for the foundation of Christ’s College and John’s College?

Answer 11

Lady Margret Beaufort

Question 12

Which 2 colleges in Cambridge was Lady Margret Beaufort responsible in for foundation of?

Answer 12

Christ’s College and John’s College

Question 13

What were plays often presented in association with?

Answer 13

church-ale festivals

Question 14

What is an example of a play presented in association with a church-ale festival in 1490?

Answer 14

Bishop’s Strortford in Hertfordshire in 1490

Question 15

What were the most famous dramas performed at the feasts of Corpus Christy the guilds of towns and cities such as York, Lincoln, Wakefield and Coventry?

Answer 15

mystery plays

Question 16

Where were the most famous dramas, mystery plays performed?

Answer 16

at the feasts of Corpus Christy and the guilds of towns and cities such as York, Lincoln, Wakefield and Coventry

Question 17

What were the mystery plays performances?

Answer 17

important festive occasions

Question 18

Who celebrated the mystery plays performances which were important festive occasions?

Answer 18

the churches, corporations and guilds c

Question 19

What were the purposes of the public-celebrated festive occasions from performances?

Answer 19

to set out straightforward moral and religious messages for the moral improvement of their audiences

Question 20

What was the Gothic perpendicular style in which vast numbers of churches were built in?

Answer 20

the dominant form of church architecture in England

Question 21

Which important places of worship is included in the Gothic perpendicular style of churches built?

Answer 21

• Saint Mary Redcliffe in Bristol

- major wool churches of East Anglia

Question 22

In what year did Henry V11 approve the Gothic perpendicular style of for the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey?

Answer 22

1502

Question 23

For which church did Henry V11 approve the Gothic perpendicular style in 1502?

Answer 23

the Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey

Question 24

What was the new industry of printing concerned with in England?

Answer 24

traditional medieval culture

Question 25

Who established his printing press in 1478 ?

Answer 25

William Caxton