Renaissance Culture (Week 5) Flashcards
There are two different ways in which honour is discussed - what are they and who are they by?
Ramon Lull - lineage as essence of Knighthood
Barolous de Saxoferrato - honour as a reward for virtue
What are the virtues of a gentleman (linking to previous card)
fortitude, steadfastness and wisdom but also required courtliness and justice.
What is chivalry?
The mediaeval knightly system with its religious, moral and social code.
What is the difference between good lordship and heavy lordship
good lordship - looking after those below
heavy lordship - oppressive leading to disgruntled servants
Sports - what did they do?
Jousting
Wrestling equally as important as chivalry
What do Tudor monarchs set up for England?
Tudor monarchs set fundamental principles of modern English foreign policy – build up maritime status
What did Henry VIII try and portray
a macho significance - wore armour and royal way
Who was Henry VII
First sovereign of the Tudor Dynasty
What did he do
He rebuilt the Anglo-Burgundian alliance with Maximillian I and Phillip the Handsome
Anglo-Burgundian - Netherlands Hasburg family - important economic market for English exports.
why was this important?
Needed to do this as the Tudors were quite insecure. Henry seventh founded the throne after the battle of Bosworth.
Who was Maximilian I
Head of the Habsburg House
Became Holy Roman Emperor in 1508
Who was Francis I
King of France 1515-47)
Valour dynasty – older than Tudor Dynasty
How is he often depicted
King is shown to be wearing a pendant of the order of saint Micheal, which he served as Grand Master
Solidity and franchise – particularly powerful figures had acquired sublise, particular jurisdiction of area country where they are secular rulers
Who was Charles V
Charles became Holy Roman Emperor in 1519
What sort of response does all of this provoke?
Erasmus and like-minded Renaissance Humanists were reacting to what they saw as the insanely vainglorious militarism of the early sixteenth-century European monarchies
