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