TY - BOOK ID - 101178854 TI - The Cambridge Connection in Tudor England : Humanism, Reform, Rhetoric, Politics AU - Wabuda, Susan AU - McDiarmid, John F. PY - 2022 SN - 9789004382244 9789004382251 PB - Leiden; Boston : BRILL DB - UniCat KW - History of civilization KW - Cecil, William KW - Smith, Thomas KW - Cheke, John KW - Ponet, John KW - Ascham, Roger KW - England KW - Politics and government KW - Reformation KW - Protestant Reformation KW - Church history KW - Counter-Reformation KW - Protestantism KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101178854 AB - This book highlights the famous 'Athenian tribe': a group of humanist scholars in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I, who resolved many difficult problems concerning the Tudor succession, diplomacy, and the English Church. They included Sir John Cheke as their early leader, and with him, Roger Ascham, Thomas Smith, and John Ponet. William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Queen Elizabeth's invaluable chief minister, was the most influential of them all. The Cambridge Connection explores the interdependency of scholarship, politics, and religion in the sixteenth century. The 'Athenian tribe' was essential to the shaping of mid-Tudor cultural life. They left a lasting imprint on early modern England. ER -