Humanism & Education Portrait of a Humanist by Giovanni Bellini c. 1490 Francesco Petrarch Often referred to as the first humanist Erasmus Thomas More English Humanist c. 1530 Shakespeares works reflect influences from Christian Humanism Medieval English Piety St. George Patron Saint of England St. Erkenwald Bishop of London 7 th century St. Fritha, aka. Fritheswith Abbess and protector of Oxford 7 th and 8 th century St. Swithun Bishop of Winchester 9 th century St. Thomas Becket Canterbury Feasting & Processions Late Medieval Mardis Gras Transi Tomb Rood Screen Chaucer & English Vernacular Literature How does the Nuns Priests Tale indicate the influence of humanism? What is the moral of the story? Why did Chaucer place a Latin phrase in his story? How did he translate that phrase? What is Chanticleers near fatal weakness in the Nuns Priests Tale? A.He enjoys singing B.He is prone to flattery C.He talks too much D.He has unsettling dreams E.He fails to listen to his wife What is Pertelotes response when Chanticleer tells her of his scary dream? A.She tells him to stay at home B.She ignores him and starts whistling C.She advises him to take a laxative D.She advises him to visit a fortune teller E.She encourages him to seek therapy A Book of Hours Development of Literacy English Mystics Langland Julian John Wyclif, Morning Star of the Reformation Emphasized the authority of the Bible and began unauthorized translation Questioned transubstantiation Advocated for the confiscation of Church property Encouraged the elimination of ritual and ornamentation in churches Sir John Oldcastle Lollard knight burnt for heresy 1418 The Gutenberg Bible c. 1450 Papermaking, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Inside a Printing Works, Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris William Caxtons Printing Device Fleet Street Londons Publishing District William Tyndales English Bible 1525 England & the Reformation How does Chaucer characterize the monk in the Shipmans Tale? A.As a devout Benedictine with no charm B.As an advocate of monastic reform and Church independence C.As drunken fool who does not know his pater noster D.As a leacherous and untrustworthy cousin of the merchant What do Chanticleer and his wife argue over? A.Whether dreams have meaning B.Whether hens are wiser than roosters C.Whether foxes can sing D.Whether the Romans used chickens to tell the future E.All of the above What is the moral to the story? A.Mulier est hominus confusio B.Do not be misled in by flattery C.Knowledge is not confined to priests D.Even the animals of poor people have wisdom