ABSTRACT
Under the influence of Renaissance thought the concept of the education fit for a gentleman was broadened. The medieval concern to educate a man in knightly skills — such as running, riding, jousting, and dancing — continued, but the need for a literary education was now realized to be equally important if a man was to serve his monarch in some administrative or diplomatic office. To this was also added an education in courtly manners in imitation of the court life of some Italian principalities, an education which implied new behaviour patterns and social attitudes.
