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| - | '''Robert Whittington''' (also called '''Robert Wittinton''') (c. [[1480]]–c. [[1553]]) was an [[England|English]] [[grammarian]]. He was a pupil of the grammarian [[John Stanbridge]]. | + | |
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| - | About [[1519]] he presented [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey|Cardinal Wolsey]] with a verse and a prose treatise, with a dedication requesting patronage. In the same year he published ''Libellus epigrammaton'', an anthology of poems addressed to [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], Cardinal Wolsey, [[Thomas More]], and [[John Skelton]]. His ''Vulgaria'', published in [[1520]], pays compliments to the late king [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]], to [[Thomas Linacre]], and to More himself, who was here first described as "a man for all seasons". Whittington's efforts succeeded by 1523, at the latest, when he enjoyed the favour of Henry VIII. | + | |
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| - | Whittington was most famous as the author of elementary Latin school books, including ''De nominum generibus'' (1511), ''Declinationes nominum'' (c. 1511), ''De heteroclitis nominibus'' (c. 1511), ''Syntaxis'' (second edition, 1512), ''De syllabarum quantitate'' (second edition, c. 1512), ''De octo partibus orationis'' (c. 1514), ''De synonymis'' together with ''De magistratibus veterum Romanorum'' (1515), ''Vulgaria'' (English and Latin sentences for translation, 1520), and ''Verborum preterita et supina'' (1521). He also edited [[John Stanbridge]]'s ''Accidence'' (c. 1515). Each dealt with a different aspect of grammar, and they could be bought individually and cheaply. They were widely sold and frequently republished up to the early 1530s. | + | |
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| - | Whittington's grammars continued to be printed during the 1520s, usually by [[Wynkyn de Worde]] but briefly also by [[Richard Pynson]]. About 1529, however, Whittington seems to have moved his custom to [[Peter Treveris]], who issued his works for the next two years. By 1533 Whittington had returned to Worde. Worde, however, ceased to issue Whittington's works after 1534, and Whittington turned his attention to translation from Latin into English. He brought out versions of [[Erasmus]]'s ''De civilitate morum puerilium'' (1532), three works by [[Cicero]] (''De officiis'', 1534; ''Paradoxa'', c. 1534; and ''De senectute'', c. 1535), and three allegedly by [[Seneca the Younger|Seneca]] (''The Forme and Rule of Honest Lyvynge'', 1546; ''The Myrrour or Glasse of Maners'', 1547; and ''De remediis fortuitorum'', 1547), the ''Forme and Myrrour'' actually being the work of [[Martin of Braga]]. | + | |
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| + | :When did you last tell your children to put their hand over their mouth when they yawn? When did you last suggest that when they are introduced to someone they should look them in the eye? Do you remind them that they should wait until everyone is served before they start eating? And not hoover up the best bit? Do you think that the children of today have disgraceful manners? Unlike, of course, when you were young? Well, that's what Erasmus of Rotterdam thought in 1530 when he published 'de Civilitate Morum Puerilium Libellus: A Handbook on Good Manners for Children'. After all, as William of Wykeham memorably said in the 1350s, Manners Makyth Man'. A Handbook on Good Manners for Children is considered to be the first treatise in Western Europe on the moral and practical education of children. It was a massive bestseller - indeed the biggest selling book of the sixteenth century - going into 130 editions over 300 years and being translated into 22 languages. In it, Erasmus concerns himself with matters such as how to dress, how to behave at table, how to converse with one's elders and contemporaries, how to address the opposite sex and much else. For example:'It's just as rude to lick greasy fingers as it is to wipe them on your clothing; use a cloth or napkin instead'. 'Some people, no sooner than they've sat down, immediately stick their hands into the dishes of food. This is the manner of wolves'. 'Making a raucous noise or shrieking intentionally when you sneeze, or showing off by carrying on sneezing on purpose, is very ill-mannered'. 'To fidget around in your seat, and to settle first on one buttock and then the next, gives the impression that you are repeatedly farting, or trying to fart'. The advice is as relevant today as it was 500 years ago. | ||
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De civilitate morum puerilium (1532) is a book by Erasmus, translated into English by Robert Whittington and into French by Alcide Bonneau.
From the publisher:
- When did you last tell your children to put their hand over their mouth when they yawn? When did you last suggest that when they are introduced to someone they should look them in the eye? Do you remind them that they should wait until everyone is served before they start eating? And not hoover up the best bit? Do you think that the children of today have disgraceful manners? Unlike, of course, when you were young? Well, that's what Erasmus of Rotterdam thought in 1530 when he published 'de Civilitate Morum Puerilium Libellus: A Handbook on Good Manners for Children'. After all, as William of Wykeham memorably said in the 1350s, Manners Makyth Man'. A Handbook on Good Manners for Children is considered to be the first treatise in Western Europe on the moral and practical education of children. It was a massive bestseller - indeed the biggest selling book of the sixteenth century - going into 130 editions over 300 years and being translated into 22 languages. In it, Erasmus concerns himself with matters such as how to dress, how to behave at table, how to converse with one's elders and contemporaries, how to address the opposite sex and much else. For example:'It's just as rude to lick greasy fingers as it is to wipe them on your clothing; use a cloth or napkin instead'. 'Some people, no sooner than they've sat down, immediately stick their hands into the dishes of food. This is the manner of wolves'. 'Making a raucous noise or shrieking intentionally when you sneeze, or showing off by carrying on sneezing on purpose, is very ill-mannered'. 'To fidget around in your seat, and to settle first on one buttock and then the next, gives the impression that you are repeatedly farting, or trying to fart'. The advice is as relevant today as it was 500 years ago.
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