Episode 141: Thomas Elyot and the Book The Governor

In 1531 at the height of Henry VIII's 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. In this
episode we look at Elyot, and The Governor, and talk political
science.


Get show notes at englandcast.com/elyot


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