1st Edition

Humanism in the Age of Henry VIII

By Maria Dowling Copyright 1986
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1986, Humanism in the Age of Henry VIII is concerned with the flourishing humanism outside the religious and political spheres in many different fields and its intellectual and cultural impact on the schools and universities and in the realm of private study, paying particular attention to English contacts with European humanists. It is notorious that the renaissance reached... Read more

Note and Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Young King and His Court 2. Humanists and Religious Policy 3. The Universities: Studies, Controversies and Endowment 4. The New Learning in the Schools 5. The Wandering Scholar 6. The Renaissance English Gentleman 7. Women and the New Learning Bibliography Index

Biography

Maria Dowling (1955–2011) was a historian. She was a senior lecturer in history at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, England.

Review of the Original Publication: 

“In this fine study of humanism in England in the first half of the sixteenth century, Maria Dowling has addressed a subject which is central to any appreciation of the Tudor Age.”

-K. R. Bartlett, Journal of British Studies, Albion, Volume 19 Issue 3