Margaret Roper and Mary Basset: The Influence of Christian Humanism on the Education of Thomas More's Daughter and Granddaughter

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History (UMKC)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri -- Kansas City

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Kane, Seán Thomas

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Freeman, David Fors

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10355/68856

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/68856