Name ______________________________ Per _________ Date _________
The Renaissance (1485-1660)
Historical Introduction
Directions: Fill in this outline by using information on the Renaissance.
I.
The Renaissance in Europe
A. Definition
1.
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B. Differences between renaissance and Middle Ages
1.
2.
3.
C. Origins
1. Country _________________
2. Italian Authors
a. Petrach (1304-1374) wrote _____________
b. Boccaccio (1313-1375)
3. Italian Artists
a. Giotto (1266-1337)
b. Donatello (1386-1466)
4. Humanists
a. Beliefs: __________________________________
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b. Different from medieval: ___________________
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5. Italian Artists of 15th and 16th centuries
a. ________________________________
b. ________________________________
D. Spread of Renaissance
1. To France, Germany, England
2. Territorial Expansion and discovery
a. ______________________________
b. ______________________________
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Name ______________________________ Per _________ Date _________
II.
The Renaissance in England
A. Fifteenth century England
1. War of the Roses
a. Participants ________________________________
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b. Outcome _________________________________
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2. Tudor Dynasty
a. First King - __________ (1485—1509)
I. Rule for more than a century
II. Bring stability
B. Reasons for England’s slow participation in renaissance
1. _________________________________________
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2. _________________________________________
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C. Literary Figures
1. Sir Thomas More
a. Group: _________________________
b. Wrote _________________________
2. Sir Thomas Wyatt (
)
3. Henry Howard, Early of Surrey (
)
D. Religious Tension in Sixteenth Century England
1. Two groups: ___________________________
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a. Protestant Reformation:
b. Henry VIII- political and personal motivations
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Name ______________________________ Per _________ Date _________
2. Consequences of break with Catholicism
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E. Reformation in England
1. Edward VI
a. ___________________________
2. Mary (1553-1558)
a. Daughter of: ____________________________
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b. Religion:
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c. Husband:
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d. Influence:
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F. Elizabeth I, “Virgin Queen” (1552-1603)
1. Daughter of: ___________________________
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2. Influences on
a. Literature and art ___________________________
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b. Religion __________________________________
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c. Foreign affairs / diplomacy ____________________
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III.
Elizabethan Literature
A. Elizabeth’s Court
1. Sir Phillip Sydney (1554-1586)
a. Audience ___________________________
b. Major works ___________________________
2. Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
a. Audience ___________________________
b. Major works ___________________________
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Name ______________________________ Per _________ Date _________
B. Drama
1. characteristics of drama
2. origins
3. influences during 16th century
C. Theatre
1. Characteristics of Elizabethan plays
a. Basic sets, costumes, atmospheric effects
b. Audience had to use imagination
c. Effects given through emphasis on spoken word
2. Theatres
a. Shoreditch ___________________________
b. Globe ___________________________
3. Audiences ___________________________
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4. Closing of theatres
a. 1594 due to plague
IV.
Elizabethan Tastes and Attitudes
A. Love of the Artificial
1. definition to Elizabethans
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2. artificial in Elizabeth’s court
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3. artificial in literature
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B. Elizabethan World Picture
1. “Great chain of being”
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2. Human beings’ role in the chain
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