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Princely education in early modern Britain /

"In the sixteenth century, Erasmus of Rotterdam led a humanist campaign to deter European princes from vainglorious warfare by giving them liberal educations. His prescriptions for the study of classical authors and scripture transformed the upbringing of Tudor and Stuart royal children. Rather...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pollnitz, Aysha, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdon : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'Thys boke is myne' : how humanism changed the English royal schoolroom, 1422-1509
  • Chivalry, ambition, and bonae litterae, 1509-33
  • Erasmus' Christian prince and Henry VIII's royal supremacy
  • Educating Edward VI : from Erasmus and godly kingship to Machiavelli
  • Fortune's wheel and the education of early modern British queens
  • Education and royal resistance : George Buchanan and James VI and I
  • Britain's lost Renaissance? The Stuart princes.