Education in Utopia

In Utopia, every citizen receives and education. They are a society that values education. "In intellectual pursuits they are tireless". This is one of the first times that we have seen in our literature thus far that this as a valued characteristic. So far God and Hero's have been some of the main highlighted features our the text. This is the case with Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Night, and Morte Darthur. They even point out in Utopia that "they can stand heavy labor, but otherwise they are not very fond of it". This shows a shift in values of the time period.