learning north of the alps i. introduction ii. german humanism a. the location of german humanism
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Learning north of the Alps
I. Introduction
II. German humanism
A. The Location of German humanism
B. Humanism and German patriotism--Conrad Celtis
C. Humanism and hermeticism--Paracelsus
III. French humanism
IV. English humanism
A. Thomas More and Utopia
V. Renaissance Education
Optional Short Writing Assignment
What are the distinctives of the northern Renaissance?
Two or three of the writers that you are reading this week (Erasmus, Durer, Paracelsus, Thomas a Kempis, Lefevre d’Etaples, and Vesalius) are chatting outside the heavenly gates waiting to be admitted. As they burnish their CVs for careful screening from Saint Peter, they discuss among themselves what they accomplished on earth as part of this Renaissance movement north of the Alps. Recreate this conversation. It is encouraged that you do a bit of research on these figures. Try the Encylopedia of the Renaissance (reference collection in the library).
1-2 pages.
Learning north of the Alps
I. Introduction
II. German humanism
A. The Location of German humanism
B. Humanism and German patriotism--Conrad Celtis
C. Humanism and hermeticism--Paracelsus
III. French humanism
IV. English humanism
A. Thomas More and Utopia
V. Renaissance Education
Maximilian I
Nuremberg
Conrad Celtis: 1459-1508
Roswitha of Gandersheim
Philippus Aureolus von Hohenheim--aka Paracelsus: 1493-1541
Guillaume Bude
Rabelais
Torrigiano’s Bust of Henry VII
Thomas More
More’s Utopia
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