The Cambridge connection in Tudor England : humanism, reform, rhetoric, politics / edited by John F. McDiarmid and Susan Wabuda

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-90-04-38224-4

EAN : 9789004382244

Humanistes -- Angleterre (GB)

Humanisme de la Renaissance -- Angleterre (GB)

Réforme protestante -- Angleterre (GB)

Vie intellectuelle -- Grande-Bretagne -- 16e siècle

Politique et gouvernement -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1485-1603

Histoire religieuse -- Grande-Bretagne -- 16e siècle

Grande-Bretagne -- 1485-1603 (Tudors)

Classification Dewey : 942.05

McDiarmid, John F. (1947-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Wabuda, Susan (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Collection : St Andrews studies in Reformation history / ed. board Andrew Pettegree, Bruce Gordon and John Guy / Aldershot : Scolar Press , 1995-

Résumé / Abstract : This book highlights the famous ‘Athenian tribe’: a group of humanist scholars in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I, who resolved many difficult problems concerning the Tudor succession, diplomacy, and the English Church. They included Sir John Cheke as their early leader, and with him, Roger Ascham, Thomas Smith, and John Ponet. William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Queen Elizabeth’s invaluable chief minister, was the most influential of them all. The Cambridge Connection explores the interdependency of scholarship, politics, and religion in the sixteenth century. The ‘Athenian tribe’ was essential to the shaping of mid-Tudor cultural life. They left a lasting imprint on early modern England.