Politics and the Northern

Renaissance

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Bruges

• About Brugeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges

• A city favored by the Dukes of Burgundy

• Medici Banking and the Florentine connection

• Renaissance Cultural Hotspot• Bruge’s importance changed when

the harbor filled with silt

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Spain and the Hapsburgs• Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor– Large land holdings

• Mary of Hungary & Phillip II– Supporters of Titian– Shifted support to Flemish

painters• Van Eyck, Campin and Bosch

Anthony van Dyck: Portrait of Charles V on Horseback (1620, Oil on canvas)File courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

King Henry• King Henry VIII of England

– Need for a male heir– 6 year negotiation with the Pope for a

divorce– Separation from Pope’s authority and the

creation of The Church of England– Iconoclasm - destruction of artwork in

monasteries and cathedrals• Elizabeth I

– Music, poetry and theatre were supported under her reign

– Madrigals• Thomas Morley – Thomas Weelkes

– Playwrights• Shakespeare and Marlowe

Elizabeth I in her coronation robes. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.