RENAISSANCEENGLAND

MARJE MAASEN

INGLISE KIRJANDUS

1O KLASS

C.R.JAKOBSONI NIM.GÜMNAASIUM

VILJANDI MAAKOND

POLITICAL SITUATION

THE WAR OF ROSES ENDED IN 1485 NEITHER THE YORKS NOR THE LANCASTERS WON A NEW DYNASTY, THE TUDOR DYNASTY, CAME TO THE

THRONE

HENRY VII

BUILT A NEW NATION -BASED STATE

COULD AVOID CONFLICTS WITH FRANCE AND SPAIN

LAID A GOOD ECONOMIC BASIS FOR HIS STATE

BUILT A POWERFUL MERCHANT FLEET

ENGLAND BEGAN TO DOMINATE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

HENRY VIII

HE WAS A BRILLIANT SCHOLAR AND AMBITIOUS POLITICIAN

DISSOLVED THE MONASTERIES

THE HAUNTING PROBLEM - A MALE HEIR

MADE HIMSELF THE HEAD OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH

QUARRELLED WITH THE POPE

CATHERINE OF ARAGON

COULD NOT GIVE THE STATE A MALE HEIR TO THE THRONE

HAD A DAUGHTER CALLED MARY

HENRY DIVORCED FROM HER TO MARRY ANNE BOLEYN

WAS AN ARDENT CATHOLIC AND BROUGHT PRINCESS MARY UP IN THE SAME SPIRIT

ANNE BOLEYN

HENRY VIII MARRIED HER AFTER THE DIVORCE

GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER CALLED ELIZABETH

WAS BEHEADED IN THE TOWER BECAUSE HENRY VIII SUSPECTED HER OF PLOTTING

MARY TUDOR

DAUHGTER OF HENRY VIII AND CATHERINE OF ARAGON

WAS A TRUE CATHOLIC PURSUED PROTESTANTS

AND EXECUTED THEM ALSO KNOWN AS

BLOODY MARY

ELIZABETH I

DAUGHTER OF HENRY VIII AND ANNE BOLEYN

MADE PEACE WITH FRANCE AND SPAIN

BUILT A LARGE FLEET ENCOURAGED THE

CREATION OF COLONIES ABROAD - VIRGINIA

IRELAND BECAME AN ENGLISH COLONY

WALES ACCEPTED ENGLISH ADMINISTRATION IN 1536-1543

JAMES I

SON OF MARY STUART FOLLOWED ELIZABETH TO

THE THRONE BECAUSE SHE HAD NO HEIR

VERY HARD ON PROTESTANTS IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND

HE WAS ALSO KING JAMES VI IN SCOTLAND

GUNPOWDER PLOT WAS ORGANIZED AGAINST HIM

GUNPOWDER PLOT

CATHOLICS WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH JAMES I AS A RULER

THE AIM - TO BLOW UP THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

NOVEMBER 5, 1605 GUY FAWKES WAS

CAUGHT AND THROWN TO THE TOWER

LATER ON HE WAS EXECUTED

MIGRATION TO AMERICA

JAMES I WAS VERY HARD ON PROTESTANTS IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND

IN 1620-21 THEY EMIGRATED TO AMERICA

THE SHIP WAS CALLED THE MAYFLOWER

THE FIRST SETTLEMENT WAS CALLED NEW PLYMOUTH

LIFE IN ENGLAND

ENGLAND ENTERED THE ERA OF CAPITALISM THE ENCLOSURE OF COMMON LANDS BY LANDOWNERS THEIR AIM - TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHEEP TO

GET MORE WOOL PEASANTS WERE DEPRIVED OF THE LAND MANY PEASANTS BECAME HOMELESS

SCIENCE AND LEARNING

PRINTINGG WAS INVENTED IN GERMANY AND CAXTON BROUGHT THE SKILL TO ENGLAND IN 1476

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS WERE FOUNDED WHERE LATIN, GREEK, ANCIENT HISTORY AND ENGLISH WERE TAUGHT

LITERACY SPREAD QUICKLY

PROTESTANT CHURCHES WERE SET UP

LITERATURE AND ART

RENAISSANCE MEANS THE REBIRTH OF ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN ART AND LITERATURE

IT WAS FULL OF JOY OF LIFE IT GLORIFIED THE BEAUTY OF MAN MAN HAD THE RIGHT TO ENJOY LIFE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMA DRAMA BECAME VERY

POPULAR THE FIRST THEATRE

HOUSES “THE GLOBE” AND “THE THEATRE” WERE BUILT

FIRST COMPANIES OF ACTORS WERE FORMED

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE HE IS THE GREATEST OF

THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE WRITERS

HE WROTE COMEDIES, SUCH AS “THE MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM”,”THE TAMING OF THE SHREW”

HE WROTE TRAGEDIES, SUCH AS “HAMLET”, ROMEO AND JULIET”, “OTHELLO”,

HE WROTE SONNETS HE WROTE HISTORICAL

PLAYS