Self-study
P1
In Intellectual Culture in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, J. W. Binns asserts that the drama of Shakespeare, the verse of Marlowe, and the prose of Sidney—all of whom wrote in English—do not alone represent the high culture of Renaissance (roughly sixteenth- and seventeenth-century) England. ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ █████ █████████ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██████████████ ███ █████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ █████ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ █████ ███ ███████ ████████████ ██ ███ ████████████ ███
Binns' perspective ·
Latin was culturally important during English Renaissance
Problem ·
Specialists in Renaissance Latin neglect culturally important works
Theology, science, law, medicine
P2
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Expand problem ·
English intellectual historians neglect important influence of Latin
They only cover works written in English, and ignore influences of Latin on English intellectuals
Example of Latin influence ·
Late Renaissance humanism
English writers were influenced by humanist thinkers, who drew on ancient Latin texts
P3
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Summarize problem ·
Gap between specialists in Latin and specialists in English intellectual history
Implication of problem ·
Distorted understanding of Renaissance English history
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
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The author never compares the ease of studying scientific works with the ease of studying theological works. Both scientific works and theological works written in Latin have been neglected, but we don’t know which one’s easier to study.
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There’s no evidence that there are “illuminating commentaries” about late Renaissance scientific works written in Latin. Although the author does indicate that there is helpful guidance on the Latin poetry of Milton, she notes that
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The author does suggest that Latin works were studied in universities. But she doesn’t suggest that Latin scientific works were the “core” of an English university education. They may have been part of an education, but not necessarily the most important or essential piece.
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Not supported, because English writers at the time knew Latin. So they could have read those works in Latin.