HIST-308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 79: John Colet, Girolamo Savonarola, English Reformation
7 Apr 2020
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England has produced its own version of erasmus. Erasmus himself said he was influenced by colet. He wrote him as a humanistic hero: colet on the continent. Colet came into contact with humanists like erasmus when he studied on the continent from. He also fell under the sway of ficino and even savonarola. He introduced them to new christianities: colet in england. Returning to england, colet helped introduce these ideas in turn at the university of oxford and then in london. He was put in charge of st. paul"s cathedral. He ran it as a hub of erasmean-humanist activity: colet and henry viii. In one, he admonished king henry for desiring war upon france. Erasmus said in response henry spoke with colet privately: quoting colet. In another sermon preached at a convocation of english clergy in 1512, colet pleaded: colet"s end. After the convocation, colet continued to advocate for humanistic reforms from within the church itself.
