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Utopia woodcut by Holbein

Woodcut of Utopia

A. Holbein (1518)

Utopia woodcut by Ortelius

Woodcut Map of Utopia

A. Ortelius (date unknown)

Notes on Utopia

(Prof. Bradley K. Carter, 10 September 2005)

 

Protest- Utopia As Criticism of Europe

n  Explicit Criticisms

u  Enclosure Acts  76

u  unsatisfactory clergy  81

u  excessive punishment  78

n  Implicit Criticisms

u  role of civic virtue  106

u  treatment of retarded, insane  114

u  role of gold & silver  102

u  marriage  112

u  diet  92

u  law & lawyers  114

u  political prudence  94

Utopia Explained and Praised

n Political Economy

u  no market mechanism   92

u  city - hinterland work   ibid.

u  workfare   95, 100

n Religious Tolerance

u  Utopus & religious pluralism  121ff.

u  repression of zealots  12

n  suggestion of what might be

Utopian Corporatism

n politics  114

n  economics  128

n  justice  129

n  a moral and social foundation  129-130

A Prayer

The service ends with a set prayer repeated by both priests and congregation.  More, 128  (bottom of column one)

 

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