This chapter looks at sir thomas elyot s best known work, the magisterial boke named the governor, first published in 1531. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The book named the governor, 1531 by sir thomas elyot. Buy the boke named the gouernour online of indias largest online book store, only genuine products. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1907. Corrected and in some place augmented, by the fyrst author therof, syr thomas elyot, knyght, the yeare of oure lord. Born of the same tradition that produced the prince and the book of. Educated at oxford where he read greek with linacre, more was also influenced by erasmus, who wrote praise of folly at mores house and named the book. Books about elyot the life and times of sir thomas elyot by pearl hogrefe, iowa state university press, 1967. Elyot, castiglione, and the problem of style teresa kennedy. Sir thomas more, sir thomas elyot, and roger ascham, english humanism bore fruit in major literary achievement. It is a treatise on moral philosophy, intended to direct the education of those destined to fill. The boke named the governour, sometimes referred to in modern english as the book of the governor, is a book written by thomas elyot and published in 1531. Buy the boke named the gouernour books online at best prices in india by thomas elyot,henry herbert stephen croft from.
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Full text of the boke named the gouernour deuised by sir. Cooper in notes and queries, 1853, more probably of wiltshire. In this extract elyot stresses the importance of noble children being taught greek and latin and in the process implies that reading classical descriptions of hunting is better for a childs development then. The book named the governor everyman s library by sir thomas elyot author visit amazons sir thomas elyot page. The boke named the gouernour deuised by sir thomas elyot, knight. Elyot was played by the british actor kenny doughty in the 1998 film elizabeth starring cate blanchett ref 9. The boke named the governour work by elyot britannica. Emeritus faculty news history college of liberal arts. Sir thomas elyot s the book named the governor thomas elyot, sir. The boke named the governour devised by sir thomas elyot knight. It was composed during the early stages of the henrician reformation and basically presented a theory of monarchial government and how those responsible for governing should be educated. It was dedicated to henry viii and is largely a treatise on how to properly train statesmen.
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Born of the same tradition that produced the prince and the book of the courtier, the governour is typical of english humanism in its emphasis on the. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Elyot s book named the governor 1531 advocated a monarchical public weal for england and described the education, on italian humanist lines, necessary to. The boke named the governour was printed by thomas berthelet 1531, 1534, 1536, 1544, etc. Sir thomas elyot talks about the kind of education they should have, a home schooling education. What thynges he that is elected or appointed to be a gouernour of a publike weale ought to premeditate.
It argues that the boke, rather than being a work of merely general advice to noblemen and public servants, was in part also aimed directly at henry viii and intended as an extended speculum principis designed to counsel moderation in. But i name hym a gramarien, by the autoritie of quintilian, that speakyng latine elegantly, can expounde good autours, expressynge the inuention and disposition of the mater, their stile or fourme of eloquence, explicating the figures as well of sentences as wordes, leuyng nothyng, persone, or place named by the autour, undeclared or hidde from. N the boke precedinge i haue as i truste sufficiently declared as wel what is to be called a very and righte publike weale, as also that there shulde be therof one prince and soueraigne aboue all other gouernours. Deuised by sir thomas elyot, knight primary source edition by thomas elyot paperback published in 20 isbn10. The book named the governor by thomas elyot, 9783744677042, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The book may have been written in part to praise the king and curry favor. In 1531 elyot published his most important and best known work, the boke called the governor, dedicated to henry viii. Sir thomas elyot s book named the governor, first published in 1531, is a composite treatise dealing with political theory, education and moral philosophy. This book, first published in 1531, is a composite treatise dealing with political theory, education and moral philosophy. The term encyclopedia was coined in english by thomas elyot in his book of the governor 1531 to describe the. The book named the governor everyman s library by elyot, sir thomas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It argues that the boke, rather than being a work of merely general advice to noblemen and public servants, was in part also aimed directly at henry viii and intended as an extended speculum principis designed to counsel moderation in religious and diplomatic policy. Buy the boke named the gouernour book by thomas elyot. Thomas elyot was born before 1490 and died in 1546.
And for as moch as this present boke treateth of the education of them that hereafter may be demed worthy to be. Poetry was the first philosophy that ever was known, whereby men from their childhood were brought to the reason how to live well. Full text of the boke named the gouernour deuised by sir thomas elyot, knight. In 1531 at the height of henry viiis great matter, thomas elyot, who was a humanist and scholar wrote a small political science book disguised as a treatise on education, extolling the virtues of wise counsellors who would speak truth to power. Sir thomas elyot and renaissance humanism by john m. The book is written to parents of the governing class who want to raise their children to be leaders, to govern. Sir thomas elyot received little reward for his services to the state, but his scholarship and his books were held in high esteem by his contemporaries.