The Renaissance was an extremely important time in History for every historian alike. There were poets, scholars, theists, politicians, writers, actors, artists, and scientists. I would like to bring the focus on one man – of this time - in particular. This Gentleman’s name is John Skelton: a famous poet and friend of many wealthy men. John Skelton was a pillar of stereotype for the type of art and hard work that was put into the renaissance. John Skelton lived a life of promise and politics, he achieved many great things in the poetry world and many person achievements, and finally he has greatly impacted the poetry world since the 1500’s. I feel like this man embodies what people could have done to have had a lasting impact on the world.
John Skelton’s name comes with and heir of ambiguity when it comes to his early life. There is little we know about this fabulous man’s early life but we know he did have a great latter half of his life. He was born at an unknown location in 1460 1. Though historians could try and figure out what happened in his early life, there are many things that created the man who we know today. John went to Cambridge University, he received a degree in rhetoric at both Cambridge and Oxford1.
Our Mr. John Skelton moves on from college to become scolemaster to the Duke of York because of his great ability to translate Ancient Greek and Roman in to the vernacular1. He also became the court poet for King Henry VII1. John went on, in 1502, to become King Henry’s biggest advisor, at this time he was also taking holy orders1.
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After John lived through his real-life origin story, he had some astounding achievements. John Skelton completely changed the way people looked, read, wrote, and felt about poetry...
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