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The Development of a Reformist Approach To Marriage and Celibacy in Early English Humanism

The Development of a Reformist Approach To Marriage and Celibacy in Early English Humanism THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REFORMIST APPROACH TO MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY IN EARLY ENGLISH HUMANISM by JOHN K. YOST The University of Nebraska - Lincoln We have learned much during the past quarter century from intel- lectual historians about the emergence in early English humanism of a new attitude toward public life calling for the reform and renewal of society, politics, and religion'. In their concern with reformist ideas having to do with the larger arena of public life, however, recent his- torians have neglected the importance of the new attitude toward marriage and family life clearly taking shape in early English humanism. The humanists themselves perceived that marriage and family life consti- tuted the basic social and economic unit and provided the paradigm for all social relations. It was their conviction that in order to govern a city or a commonwealth a man must first be able to rule a household. The early English humanists came to encourage population growth and to realize that the survival of the commonweal depended upon marriage. For them, marriage was the best way of spiritually and morally improv- ing the social order. These attitudes toward domestic life involved the humanists in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) Brill

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Brill
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© 1977 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0028-2030
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1871-2401
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10.1163/002820377X00010
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A REFORMIST APPROACH TO MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY IN EARLY ENGLISH HUMANISM by JOHN K. YOST The University of Nebraska - Lincoln We have learned much during the past quarter century from intel- lectual historians about the emergence in early English humanism of a new attitude toward public life calling for the reform and renewal of society, politics, and religion'. In their concern with reformist ideas having to do with the larger arena of public life, however, recent his- torians have neglected the importance of the new attitude toward marriage and family life clearly taking shape in early English humanism. The humanists themselves perceived that marriage and family life consti- tuted the basic social and economic unit and provided the paradigm for all social relations. It was their conviction that in order to govern a city or a commonwealth a man must first be able to rule a household. The early English humanists came to encourage population growth and to realize that the survival of the commonweal depended upon marriage. For them, marriage was the best way of spiritually and morally improv- ing the social order. These attitudes toward domestic life involved the humanists in the

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Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis (in 2006 continued as Church History and Religious Culture) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1977

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