Margaret Roper and Mary Basset: The Influence of Christian Humanism on the Education of Thomas More's Daughter and Granddaughter
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Margaret Roper's schooling reflected the standards of early sixteenth century English humanist views on education, while her daughter Mary Basset's education was a continuation of the pedagogical tradition that Margaret had been raised in. Through their education, both women found themselves in positions that challenged standing societal norms for women. Despite this both Roper and Basset still supported many of those precepts, remaining within the private sphere of the home away from the direct gaze of the public eye. Margaret Roper's education and outlook on her role in society was characteristic of the stability and prosperity of early-Tudor England. This contrasts the relationship that her daughter Mary Basset's had to the same issues, which was characteristic of the uncertainty of her time a generation later in the tumultuous first generation of the English Reformation. Both women, Margaret Roper and Mary Basset, were strong individuals through whom their society and its changing views on the roles of women in education and publication alike can be observed.
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Grandfather, mother and daughter -- Margaret Roper and More's school -- "My Translacion" -- The mantle of coincidence
viii, 53 pages
viii, 53 pages
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M.A. (Master of Arts)