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The Renaissance Era 1485-1660

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The Renaissance

Era1485-1660

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Map of the British Islesand Ireland

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BackgroundRenaissance is French for “Re-birth”

The Renaissance Man is born!

There was a renewed interest in classical learning

i. e. Ancient Greece and Rome

Renewal of the human spiritCuriosity and Creativity

All began in ItalyLeonardo Da Vinci

Michelangelo

Christopher Columbus

Galileo

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Politics Court is influenced by art, dress, speech of the ruling class, and $/ Patronage for the theatre

Henry VII- rebuilt the nation’s treasury and restored the prestige of the Monarchy

Henry VIII- seized the church’s property and dissolved the powerful monasteries, executed Thomas Moore, married 6 times

Mary I- fought to keep England Catholic, executed 300 Protestants

Elizabeth I- clever and strong, considered the most capable monarch since William the Conqueror, patron of the arts

James I- came to the throne after Elizabeth I’s death, persecuted Puritans who migrated to America and founded Jamestown in 1620, took measures to make England a “world power”

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The Great Chain of Being

Prejudices:Suspicion of Foreigners

Irish oppression

Against the Scots and Welsh

Anti-Semitism

Growing slave trade

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HumanismRenaissance humanists

Erasmus- dedicated to restoring good literature (classical Greek and Latin) and good religion (Christianity purged of clerical abuses)

Thomas Moore

The rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman textsBest guides for learning and living

Focus on the individual/ self-perfection and personal excellence found in classical texts

Pushes for a more general education system

Rise in vernacular use in literature and the translation of classics

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ShakespeareBackground

Life 1564-1616

Educated at a free grammar school in Stratford-on-Avon (lower middle class)

Due to royal favor and money, crosses class boundaries, and becomes a gentleman

Patron- Earl of Southampton

Successful troupe- Lord Chamberlain’s Men or the King’s Men during James I’s reign

Globe Theatre built in 1599

Shakespearean Sonnet- 14 lines and ended statement in a couplet

Macbeth

Tragedy

Scottish play

Written in 1606 and performed at the Globe Theatre

Based on an episode of history- the death of King Duncan at the hands of Macbeth

Setting: 11th century Scotland

Chronicles gaining power to the destruction from it

The rise and fall of blind ambition


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