Transcript The English Renaissance 1485

The English Renaissance
1485 - 1625
“Celebrating Humanity”
Pgs. 222 - 232
Tell the story of The Renaissance
Shepard, Gerathy, Donovan
Tell the story of the Protestant
Reformation
Barbella, Peck, Durkin
Tell the story of the Henry’s
• Mott, Mortenson, Fernandez
The Queens (Bloody,Liz,Scots)
Mary I
• restored roman catholic practices to the church of England
• Restored authority of the pope in England
• She earned the nickname “ Bloody Mary” by executing 300 Protestants
Elizabeth I & Mary Stuart
• Half sister of Mary I
• Put an end to the religious turmoil between Catholics and protestants
• Well educated
• Her cousin, Mary Stuart, was the queen of Scotland by birth and next in line for the
thrown
• Elizabeth's mother’s marriage to Henry VIII was not recognized by the Catholics
• Catholics believed Mary Stuart was the rightful queen
• Elizabeth had Mary imprisoned for 18 years because of her threat to the thrown
• While in prison Mary organized numerous Catholic plots against Elizabeth
• After parliament order Elizabeth had Mary executed
• Making Mary a catholic Martyr
The Jacobean Era
The Jacobean Era and Prose:
o The scholars still preferred to write in Latin, therefore the English prose still
had Latin influence.
o The prose of Sidney, Nashe, and Raleigh, were several Elizabethan poets
that contributed major works of Jacobean prose.
o Sir Philip Sidney's “defense of poesie” is one of the earliest works of English
literary criticism.
o Sir Francis Bacon was:
Leading prose writer of the English renaissance
His greatest work “Novum Organum” made major contributions to natural
science and philosophy
o The King James Bible:
Most monumental prose achievement of the renaissance. This was the english
translation of the bible.
Fifty four scholars labored for seven years
It widely quoted influential works in the English Language.
Renaissance Lit. (3 types)
Elizabethan Poetry
- Poets perfected the sonnet and experimented
- Sydney, Spencer, and Shakespeare were the top poets
- Popular style was the sonnet cycle, which was a series of sonnets that
formed a story
- Christopher Marlowe helped popularize pastoral verse
- Idealizes the rustic simplicity of rural life
Elizabethan Drama
- turned away from religious subjects and began to write complex and
sophisticated stories
- reintroduced dramas and tragedies
- popular writer were Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare
Elizabethan and Jacobean Prose
- liked writing in Latin
- used long words and ornate sentences
- kings James bible- monumental prose
Protestant Reformation
• As nationalism grew many Europeans began to question
the Roman Catholic Church
o Some felt the church officials were corrupt and
questioned their teachings
• A scholar, Desiderius Erasmus, raised many questions
about interpretations involving morality and religion
• Martin Luther, a German monk, staged a protest that
divided the Roman Catholic Church and the new
Christian denomination known as Lutheranism
o This Process was called the Protestant Reformation
The Renaissance
• Started in Italian city-states in 1350 and spread
towards England in 1485
• Supported rebirth of civilization through learning
and arts
• Led to advances in English sea exploration
-Advances in technology (compass/astronomy)
• Columbus arrived in Western Hemisphere in 1492
• Age of Exploration began in 1497- John Cabot
reached Newfoundland
Story of the Henry’s
Henry VII:
-rebuilt nation’s treasury
-Reestablished law and
order
-Restored prestige in the
monarchy
Henry VIII:
-son of King VII
-Tried for annulment,
remarried anyway
-Broke relationship between
church and state
-Seized church’s property
King Edward VI: -son
of Henry VII
-Became king at 9, and
died at 15
-Replaced Latin to
English in church
-Changed England to a
Protestant nation
Queen Elizabeth:
-Edward’s half sister
-Reestablish monarch
supremacy
-Instituted religious
compromise between
Catholic and Protestant
Changing English Language (232)
Keena, Dessel, Viktoriya
• Shakespeare used 20,000+ words in his
works, and over 1,700 of them were
created by himself
• “Reading his work is like witnessing the
birth of a language”(pg 232)