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Everything you wanted to and did not want to know about THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE 1485—1660 Prepare to be “ rebirthed .”. We left England at the end of the black death. It’s the 15 th century, and everyone is getting sick of the Medieval viewpoint about all of that religion and afterlife junk. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Everything you wanted to and did not want to know about THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE  1485—1660
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Everything you wanted to and did not want to know about

THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE 1485—1660Prepare to be “rebirthed.”

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Picking up England’s pieces. And Then Putting them together in a new way.

We left England at the end of the black death. It’s the 15th century, and everyone is getting sick of the Medieval viewpoint about all of that religion and afterlife junk.

Thus, begins Renaissance thinking. Renaissance means “rebirth.” Renaissance thinking is about life here on earth. This type of thinking is “humanism” and it replaced the thoughts of God and others with thoughts of self. Ironically, Renaissance thinking stems back to the classical roots and ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Renaissance folk just re-thought about it in a new way. It’s like re-writing one of Beethoven’s sonatas with rap lyrics. Same idea, just a new take.

People of the Renaissance liked human potential. They expanded boundaries of the Medieval world, took an interest in arts, and questioned “truths.”

And they became crazy-talented. The term “Renaissance man” reflects this ideal—it is a person who is multi-faceted, or gifted in a number of ways. Imagine the kid who is in the school musical, the star of the basketball team, taking AP Biology and AP English. He can carve a turkey, sew a button, tell the time by looking at the sun, and always wears matching socks. You hate him, because there’s nothing he can’t do.

Renaissance-man-good-at-everything-jerk. Let’s all find one to marry.

Renaissance man: Probably has a moustache. Doesn’t wear a shirt.

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I’m King Henry the Viii, I am, I am.

The Renaissance began with Henry VII’s reign of England starting in 1485 (at the end of the War of Roses). He had two kids. One was Arthur. He married Catherine of Aragon of Spain. He died.

His brother, Henry VIII took over in 1509. Oh yeah. And he married Arthur’s wife, his sister-in-law, Cathy of A. Not cool. A little gross.

Henry was known for being a Renaissance man. He, at first, was loyal to the Catholic religion in England.That is, until it didn’t work in his favor. He was married to Catherine for 18 years. They’d had a daughter, Mary.

But Henry wanted a son. Since his wife didn’t give him one, he wanted a divorce. But Catholics didn’t allow that. The pope was all hell no, dude, so Henry decided to declare himself head of the Church of England. Now the pope couldn’t tell him what to do, he was the boss, and he divorced his wife and married her court attendant, Anne Boleyn.

Can you believe this guy gets any woman he wants? It’s the poofy sleeves, isn’t it.

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Henry Tudor (Henry 7)—takes over in 1485

Son, Arthur

Marries Spanish Chick, Catherine of Aragon

No kids.

Dies Unexpectedly.

Henry 8

Marries his brother’s wife.

Daughter, Mary.

Divorces.

Marries Anne Boleyn

Renaissance Monarchy: 1485--1649

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More Important Renaissance Players. It’s like a Soap Opera, Folks.

Now England is Protestant. People who don’t agree with the Protestant England are often killed.

And Henry is married to Anne Boleyn. She’s alright as far as wives go, but she doesn’t have any sons.

She has a daughter, Elizabeth. This upsets the poor, fat Henry. In fact, he accuses of her sleeping with her brother, and he has her beheaded.

After Elizabeth’s mother lost her head, Henry VIII married Jane Seymour (not Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, a different Jane Seymour).

She finally had a son—Edward VI. In 1547, when Edward was 9, he succeeded his father. But he was weak kid and he died six years later. He was a truly Protestant king.

When he died, then, it was complicated. Because his sister Mary, who took over, tried to re-introduce Roman Catholicism.

She’s half-Spanish. She married (her cousin, blech) Phillip II of Spain. And when she was in charge, she killed a lot of Protestants. So everyone called her Bloody Mary. Like that game you play in the bathroom mirror, with the lights out, when you say her name three times. Scary stuff. She died in 1558 and gave Liz the throne.

Anne Boleyn: probably didn’t really sleep with her brother.

A non-alcohlic Bloody Mary.

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Henry Tudor (Henry 7)—takes over in 1485

Son, Arthur

Marries Spanish Chick, Catherine of Aragon

No kids.

Dies Unexpectedly.

Henry 8

Marries his brother’s wife.

Daughter, Mary

Divorces.

Marries Anne Boleyn

Daughter, Elizabeth

Beheaded. Marries Jane Seymour

Son, Edward, becomes King in 1547,dies 6 years later.

Becomes Queen in 1553—Catholic Queen!

Marries Phillip II of Spain.

Dies 1558.Becomes Queen in 1558—Protestant ruler.

Renaissance Monarchy: 1485--1649

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Queen Elizabeth: One of England’s Best.When Elizabeth’s mother Anne was beheaded,

she was locked in a tower. And when she was in there, she just learned a ton of stuff.

Queen Elizabeth, of course, is responsible for England’s “Elizabethan era.” And it was when she was in charge that Shakespeare became popular.

Everyone loved her. She was Protestant, she was practical and disciplined, a fantastic ruler. She kept people happy, but managed money well. She kept England out of war. She sent men over to the “Americas” to establish colonies.

Meanwhile, Liz has the cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. She’s a Catholic queen in Spain. She thinks she should be queen of England, and she tries to overthrow Elizabeth. Liz cuts her head off and accuses her of treason.

Meanwhile, Phillip II, who shows romantic interest in Liz, attempts invasion in 1588 (Spanish Armada). With the help of a storm, England defeats Spain and loves Liz even more.

She was known as the Virgin Queen because she never married. Of course, today, this means everybody thought she was a lesbian. I think she was just married to her job.

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Goodbye Tudors,

hello Stuarts.

Elizabeth died in 1603, and it was a great loss for England. As there were no Tudor heirs to the throne, her cousin James VI of Scotland took over. He was Mary’s (the one whose head Liz took) son. (Known as James I when he came to England.)

He stuck with the Protestant church of England, even though people worried he’d follow in his mother’s footsteps. It was tough to follow Elizabeth. People tried to kill him.

He married a Danish princess and has six kids. This is surprising, because many people wrote that he was gay. And it’s ironic, because he’s the guy who founded the King James version of the Bible. And there’s your fun fact for the day.

His son Charles took the throne in 1625. Charles believed in the Divine Right of Kings, meaning that he thought he was a representative of God. He clashed with the Puritans (uber-religious Protestants) in the House of Commons. He dismissed them for 11 years. Then he needed them back, and they took his powers away, and he got ticked and sent the military after them. Thus, the English civil war.

Essentially, the supporters of Parli won the war, killed the king, and threw the monarchy out for awhile. The government was dominated by Puritans, who didn’t even let people go for walks because it was too much fun. Talk about sticks in the mud, eh?

James I: denounced “offensive” sexual practices, and then took part in them. Sounds like an American politician.

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Henry Tudor (Henry 7)—takes over in 1485

Son, Arthur

Marries Spanish Chick, Catherine of Aragon

No kids.

Dies Unexpectedly.

Henry 8

Marries his brother’s wife.

Daughter, Mary

Divorces.

Marries Anne Boleyn

Daughter, Elizabeth

Beheaded. Marries Jane Seymour

Son, Edward, becomes King in 1547, dies 6 years later.

Becomes Queen in 1553—Catholic Queen!

Marries Phillip II of Spain.

Dies 1558.Becomes Queen in 1558—Protestant ruler.

…Scotland

Mary, Queen of Scots, wants English throne

Elizabeth has her killed.

Spanish Armada 1588—Englad wins.

Son, James VI becomes James I, king of England when Liz dies. He has six kids, including:

Charles I, who becomes king in 1625. Had some arguments with Parli, was killed in 1649, then the Puritans took over.

Dies 1603.

Renaissance Monarchy: 1485--1649

Dies 1625.

Dies 1649.

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After physically applauding this fantastic slide show, write down these terms you should know about renaissance poetry.

I hope you like the renaissance, because we’re hanging out here for about a month. God save the queen.

Pastoral: a poem that presents shepherds in rural settings that are usually idealized.

Rhyme Scheme: rhyming words at the ends of lines of poetry and the alpha pattern used to identify the rhymes.

Ex.: Come live with me and be my love, A And we will all the pleasures prove, A That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, B Woods, or steepy mountain yields. B And we will sit upon the rocks, C Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks, C

The letter changes with each new rhyme.

Sonnet: A 14 line poem with a complicated rhyme scheme and a defined structure. [leave space here for more notes later]

Quatrain: A four line stanza (a stanza is the “paragraph” of poetry)

Couplet: A rhymed pair of lines. (Heroic couplets are written in iambic pentameter.)

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