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ITALY - CONTINUED
Francesco Petrarch
Invented the Petrarchan sonnet (14 lines) : abbaabba; cdecde
Also called Italian sonnet
RELIGION AND THE RENAISSANCE
Questions about Roman Catholicism
Exile to Avignon
Growing sense of nationalism
New edition of the New Testament by Erasmus
(asked questions about standard Church
interpretations of the Bible)
Growth of humanism (emphasis on humanity’s
place on Earth, revival of classical studies)
THE RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND: ROYALTY
Henry VIII (1509-1547): Religious sea change in England from Catholic to Protestant
Edward VI(1547-1553): Mother Jane Seymour - King from age 9-15
Mary I: “Bloody Mary” (1553-1558) Mother Catherine of Aragon – Catholic
ELIZABETHAN AGE
Elizabeth I (1558-1603) Mother Anne Boleyn: Last of the Tudors – Elizabethan Period
• Renaissance education• Widely read in the classics• Policy of religious tolerance• Excellent negotiation skills• Orchestrated the defeat of
the Spanish Armada
JACOBEAN PERIOD
Designated by Elizabeth I as
future king
First in line of Stuart royalty Son of Mary, Queen of Scots
(cousin of Elizabeth I) Commissioned a new version of
the Bible on the advice of Protestant clergy
James I (1603-1625) – James VI of Scotland
ELIZABETHAN DRAMA
There was a movement away from religious
subjects
Plays were written in blank verse
Playwrights were often poets
Comedies and tragedies were based upon the
classic Greek and Roman models