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Developments in education
Period of widening educational opportunities in Henry’s reign
Increase in grammar schools between 1460 and 1509
Grammar school curriculum was the study of latin
Suggesting in the 1480s saw the beginning of a humanistic approach
University education such as Oxford had experienced substantial expansion including foundation of new colleges in the first half of the 15th century
Lady Margaret Beaufort was responsible for the foundation of Christ’s College and St John’s College
Drama
Most popular art form of the time
Troupes of plays sometimes sponsored by nobility toured around the country
Most famous dramas were mystery plays performed at the feasts of Corpus Christi
Performances were important occasions in which churches, corporations and guilts combined in public celebrations
Music
Music underwent the beginnings of a ‘renaissance’
Most important surviving source for such music is the Eton Choirbook of around 1505
Composers represented in the Choirbook had links with the political establishment of Henry VII’s reign
As Robert Browne was employed in the household of the Earl of Oxford
Music performed at court or in the homes of the wealthy
Art and architecture
Vast number of churches built in the Gothic perpendicular style is an indication of the scale of investment that wook place
However by Henry’s death in 1509 humanist influences had reached England, particularly from Italty
Humanist scholars like Erasmus and Englishmen like Thomas More and John Colet became more fashionable
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