Unit II Introduction

Unit II Introduction

English Renaissance

​1485 - 1660

Open Ended

What does Renaissance mean?

​Henry Tudor

• ​Took the throne as Henry VII in 1485.

• ​Arranged for his son, Arthur, to marry Catherine of Aragon to create an alliance with Spain!

• ​Arthur died!

• ​Henry VIII emerges!

​Henry VIII

• ​Married Catherine of Aragon in place of his brother.

• ​Wanted a divorce, but the Pope wouldn't grant it.

• ​The Church of England

• ​Anne Boleyn

• ​Edward VI

• ​Bloody Mary

Henry the VIII gets ahead

​Martin Luther

• ​1517 - 95 Theses

• ​Birth of the Protestant Church

• ​Paves the way for Puritans

​Elizabeth I

(the last Tudor)

• ​1558 - Mary's sister

• ​Sir Francis Drake

• ​Sir Walter Raleigh

• ​Mary Stuart (1587)

• ​Spanish Armada!

Multiple Choice

Elizabeth I has the _ longest reign in British history.

• Second

• Third

• First

• Fourth

​The Rise of the Stuarts

• ​1603 - James VI of Scotland

• ​November 5, 1605 - Gunpowder Plot

• ​Charles I - 1625

• ​1629 - Parliament Dismissal

• ​Puritan prosecution

• ​Civil War

​Remember, remember the 5th of November...

English Civil War

• General Oliver Cromwell

• Royalist v. Supporters of Parliament

• ​1645 - Establishment of the Commonweatlh

• 1658 - Cromwell died

• 1660 - Charles II Returns , ushering the Restoration

Open Ended

What day was the Gunpowder Plot?

​The Renaissance

• ​Means "rebirth" or "revival"

• ​Outpouring of art and inventions

• ​Reached its peak during Elizabeth I's reign

• ​Shakespeare, Galileo, Columbus

• ​Gutenberg's printing press

​Pastoral Poems and Sonnets

• ​Pastoral - Poem that portrays shepherds and rustic life, usually in an idealized manner

• ​Italian/Petrarchan Sonnet

• ​English/Shakespearian Sonnet

• ​abab, cdcd, efef, gg

• 3 Quatrains, 1 Couplet

Multiple Choice

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

• 97

• 154

• 302

• 42

​Shakespeare

• ​The Globe Theater - Successful thanks to Shakespeare

• ​Histories/Tragedies/Comedies

• ​37 Plays in total

• ​154 Sonnets

​Spiritual Writing

• ​King James Bible

• ​Paradise Lost

• ​The Pilgrim's Progress