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The Sacred and the secular

Renaissance Unit- Big Idea #3. The Sacred and the secular. Quick Write: (2 minutes). Answer the following question in your notes: Should limits be imposed on the quest for knowledge? . Main Idea?. Renaissance thinkers sought to redefine themselves in relation to church and state.

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The Sacred and the secular

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  1. Renaissance Unit- Big Idea #3 The Sacred and the secular

  2. Quick Write: (2 minutes) • Answer the following question in your notes: • Should limits be imposed on the quest for knowledge?

  3. Main Idea? • Renaissance thinkers sought to redefine themselves in relation to church and state

  4. Humanism and Religion • Thomas More- humanism • Never allowed his public affairs to interfere with private prayer and charities • Educated daughters in Christian and classical subjects

  5. Humanism and Religion cont. • More was King Henry VIII’s closest servant • Executed for treason • He opposed Henry’s divorce • “The King’s good servant, but God’s first.”

  6. The Bible in English • Make Bible a part of teaching • Brought Christian sacred writings down from the pulpit and into people’s homes • Printing press- translations into modern languages affordable • More accessible to everyone

  7. The Bible in English • 1522- Luther translated New Testament into German • 1530s- William Tyndale- leader of the Protestant Reformation • Translated it into English

  8. The Bible in English • Translations = assaults • Translating without official approval from pope (or Henry after he broke from church) was deadly • Tyndale- burned at stake for heresy in 1536 • Official translation of Bible (King James Version) borrow from Tyndale • (IRONY!)

  9. Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets • Dirty, naughty poets • (not really, but people thought so) • John Donne- known for witty poems about romantic love • Moved away from religious issues of the day

  10. Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets • Metaphysical poets : • Wrote about contradictions- beauty of the sensational world and ravages of time

  11. Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets • Charles I (King James’s son) • Called his courtiers cavaliers, Italian for knight • More open to things that make people happy than his father was

  12. Cavalier poets • Acted like knights, but didn’t care about high seriousness or Christian chivalry • Poets- • Wrote lyrical poems of great polish, sophistication, wit, and raciness

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