ENG202Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: House Of Tudor, Protestantism, Geoffrey Chaucer

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Context up to the renaissance: medieval period often seen as a blank stretch of time between the fall of the roman empire and the modern period. Co(cid:374)ti(cid:374)uities (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:373)edie(cid:448)al eu(cid:396)opea(cid:374)s; (cid:374)ot these (cid:862)da(cid:396)k ages(cid:863), (cid:271)ut (cid:396)athe(cid:396) late a(cid:374)ti(cid:395)uit(cid:455) Early medieval theologians attached to classical culture; augustine et al: continuation of hermetic and monastic traditions. I(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e of plato"s i(cid:374)tellectual legacy: neoplatonism turns that philosophy into a kind of mysticism surrounding the universal ideal, rising up and uniting therewith, transitions out of the medieval period. Rise of hermeneutic analysis, inducing attempts to resolve apparent contradictio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) the (cid:271)i(cid:271)le, (cid:449)o(cid:396)k out ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:862)hidde(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs. Evolution from scrolls made of papyrus to codices made of parchment. Advancements in military technology, especially with cavalry. Possi(cid:271)l(cid:455) these (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges a(cid:396)ise (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of ch(cid:396)istia(cid:374)it(cid:455)"s i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:448)e(cid:396) attitudes towards work: ancient perspective is to avoid work and indulge leisure, yielding refinement, but not so with christianity.

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