Reason and Religion at Fulgens and Lucres Since the college's primary purpose is to educate, perhaps the college administration could take a cue from 16th-century English citizenship and host a fantastic dinner theater in the manner of the famous Fulgens and Lucres of Medwall. This interlude, small in cast members but large in humanism, required each spectator to take an active role in the performance; the show, while covering many morals and ideologies, focused on the everyday interaction between the two seemingly opposing poles of religion and reason. While serving as mere dinner entertainment, Fulgens and Lucres achieved their goal of enlightening audiences to the pinnacle of the English Renaissance: the need to unite reason and religion in every person's life. Before one can reflect on the relationship between reason and religion, a person must first receive a proper education. As Sir Thomas Wyatt, Erasmus and Sir Thomas More, the latter of whom may have been an actor in this same play during his youth, state in their works and letters, the key aspect of being a dignified and active member of society resides in the pages of books, dwells in classrooms and shines on the lens of a telescope; knowledge undeniably holds the key to the development of a logical and autonomous human being. In his Ruler's Book, Wyatt developed his theory on the proper education of a young boy so that he might one day achieve a position in the royal court. Although he has ridiculously invoked the importance of a wet nurse's milk for the infant and complete isolation from women during the boy's studies, Wyatt states that "a guardian should be provided" (Wyatt 43) for the child... middle of the paper. .. Medwall, however, raises the stakes and proclaims that reason without religion will be of no use to justice. Reason, if held in check by religious beliefs, will, just like Lucres and Gayus, create the perfect marriage and guide the educated person along the path of enlightenment and true knowledge. Works Cited and Consulted Baskerville, Charles R. 1927. 'Conventional Characteristics of Fulgens and Lucres of Medwall. Modern Philology 24: 419-42. Colley, J. S. 1975. “Fulgens and Lucres: Politics and Aesthetics.” Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 23: 322-30.Jones, Robert C. 1971. “The Stage and the 'Real' World in Medwall's Fulgens and Lucres.” Modern Language Quarterly 32: 131-42. Medwall, Henry. 1926. Fulgens & Lucres: A Secular Work of the Fifteenth Century. Edited by FS Boas and AW Reed. Oxford: Clarendon Press.