1. Humanism & Education 1300-1600 Portrait of a Humanist by Giovanni Bellini c. 1490

3. Francesco Petrarch 1302-1374 Often referred to as the first humanist

4. Erasmus 1466-1536

5. Thomas More English Humanist c. 1530

6. Shakespeare’s works reflect influences from Christian Humanism

7. Medieval English Piety 1300-1550

8. St. George Patron Saint of England

9. St. Erkenwald Bishop of London 7 th century

10. St. Fritha, aka. Fritheswith Abbess and protector of Oxford 7 th and 8 th century

11. St. Swithun Bishop of Winchester 9 th century

12. St. Thomas Becket Canterbury

13. Feasting & Processions

14. Late Medieval Mardis Gras

15. Transi Tomb

16. Rood Screen

18. Chaucer & English Vernacular Literature

19. How does the Nun’s Priest’s 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?

20. What is Chanticleer’s near fatal weakness in the Nun’s Priest’s 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

21. What is Pertelote’s 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

22. A Book of Hours

23. Development of Literacy

24. English Mystics  Langland Julian 

25. John Wyclif, 1320-84 “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

28. Sir John Oldcastle Lollard knight burnt for heresy 1418

30. The Gutenberg Bible c. 1450

31. Papermaking, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Inside a Printing Works, Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

32. William Caxton’s Printing Device

33. Fleet Street – London’s Publishing District

34. William Tyndale’s English Bible 1525

36. England & the Reformation

37. How does Chaucer characterize the monk in the Shipman’s 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

38. 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

39. 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