Roger Ascham is often classified as ‘a great mid-Tudor
humanist’ and he is perhaps best known for his role as tutor to
Elizabeth I. His most famous works, The Scholemaster and
Toxophilus, have been extensively quarried and anthologised in
studies on prose style and English humanism. By contrast, his
Neo-Latin works that engaged with theology and key Reformation
concerns have languished in the shadows of modern scholarship.
Ascham’s Themata Theologica (‘Theological Topics’) is one of
these, and its content has the potential to open up many an
investigative avenue into the intellectual and religious culture of
the sixteenth century. This is the first volume to offer a
corresponding English translation. The Themata can be dated to the
early to mid- 1540s, and was composed by Ascham while still at
Cambridge University and serving as a senior fellow at St John’s
College. The work mainly comprises a compendium of relatively short
commentaries on Scriptural verses (both Old and New Testament),
many of which developed into expositions on difficult philosophical
concepts, such as the notion of felix culpa (literally, ‘happy
fault’) and some of the most intractable theological questions of
the day, including the nature of sin, adiaphora (‘matters of
indifference’), justification and free will. This little-known
text offers a rare opportunity to trace the course of Ascham’s
own religious maturation, but also offers fresh insights into the
confessional climate at Cambridge University during one of the most
turbulent periods of the Reformation in England.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Early Modern Texts and Anthologies |
| Release date: |
March 2025 |
| Authors: |
Lucy R Nicholas
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-26793-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-350-26793-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781350267930 |
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