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the most important of the continuities with the classical period

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the great chain of being

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what does the great chain of being say

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everything in the universe has its place in a divinely planned hierarchical order

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what does the order look like

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vertical chain

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what did an object’s place depend on

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relative proportion of spirit and matter, more spirit was better

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what is alchemy

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belief that metals could be changed to gold by adding spirit

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what are the two universal things

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independence and orderliness

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what doctrine demonstrated universal independence

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correspondences, segments of the chain reflect each other

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how did they view humans

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microcosm (little world) that reflected the structure of the world as a whole( the macrocosm)

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what is the earth made of

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earth, wind, fire, water

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what is the human made of

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four humors reflecting 4 elements

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what causes illness

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an imbalance in the humors, they weren’t in proper proportion to each other

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what does the hierarchical organization of mental faculties reflect

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hierarchical organization of family, state, and forces of nature

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what happens when order is present

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reason rules emotions, king rules subjects, parent rules child, sun governs planets

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disorder?

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found in one realm causes disorder in all other realms

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King Lear

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family troubles means mental troubles and stormy nature

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renaissance writers favor

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order

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why did writers write about disorder

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growing frustration with hierarchy

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the chain concept says

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everything has a place and a purpose, and to do otherwise is to betray oneself

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what is the human’s place

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between beasts and angels

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pica dela mirandola

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showed frustration with the order, said philosophical contemplation could bring humans to the levels of angels, wrote dignity of man

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going beyond

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Christopher Marlowe’s character dr. Faustus, fear and fascination with human limits, wants to be beyond human and purely human

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political needs

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strong government due to recent loss of feudalism

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major political accomplishment of the renaissance

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establishment of strong central government

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new governments

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monarchies, wealthy oligarchical families, city states

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what did the rule do

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rationale for authority of rulers
there is an ideal behavior that is appropriate
ideals of kingship

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major intellectual movement

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humanism, values of renaissance and lasting value

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who ruled in the 16th century

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the tudor monarchs in England and wales

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who was the last tudor monarch

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Elizabeth I

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1485

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Henry VII

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after Henry VII

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Henry VIII and his kids Edward, Elizabeth, Mary

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when did Elizabeth come to the throne

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1558

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major questions

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religion and economy

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Elizabeth I religious

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brought whole country to Protestantism, first theory, then practice

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what did Elizabeth do to the church of england

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a bit reformed, a bit conservative, everyone is happy enough, truly pleased no one

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nickname for church of england

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mongrel beast

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what did the church allow

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the country to stay faithful to the queen

37
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growth

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middle classes, population, London, number of merchants and professionals, trade (middle east)

38
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how long does Elizabeth reign

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45 years

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how was her reign

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economically stable, grows economy

40
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scaling interest in

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luxury goods

41
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one more thing she is known for

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expanding known world through cartography and beginning colonies and trade

42
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shakespeare

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surrounds us, familiar, we quote it, but we don’t know it, many celebrations, festivals, theaters

43
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how do we know of Shakespeare

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his works

44
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quotes

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it’s all greek to me, more sinned against than sinning, salad days, more in sorrow than anger, last property vanished into thin air, wish is father to the thought, budge an inch, green eyed jealousy, fast and loose, tongue tied, tower of strength, hoodwinked, in a pickle, knit vows, virtue of necessity, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, dance a tempest on your lord and master, too much of a good thing, cold comfort, short shrift, laugh in stitches, better days, fool’s paradise, early days, bag and baggage, high time, long and short of it, game is up, truth is out,even flesh and blood, teeth on edge, fell swoop, rhyme or reason, devil his due, truth be known, good riddance, send me packing, dead as a doornail, eyesore, lie low til crack of doom because foul play, laughing stock, devil incarnate, Italian ya head, stony hearted villain, bloody minded, blinking idiot, by jove, what the dickens, it’s all one to me, oh lord, tough tough, for goodness sake, but but no buts

45
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shakespeare

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private man, producer, writer in London, actor

46
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sonnet

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14 lines, Shakespeare wrote 150+

47
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shall I compare thee to a summer’s day, thou art more lovely and more temperate, rough winds break, summer too short, sometimes too hot, often gold complexion dim, every fair declines in seasons, untrimmed, but thy eternal summer shall not fade nor lose possession of fair, death shall not brag, you grow in eternal lines, so long as men breathe and eyes see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee

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one of the most well known, used for celebrations, actually eulogy for his son Hamnet, he goes from London to Stratford upon avon to see hamnet, took 3 days, hamnet buried when he got there, wrote to survive, froze hamnet in time because eternity

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mystery

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a lot, is magic

49
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winter of discontent

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occupy wallstreet and everywhere else

50
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would Shakespeare thrive here

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yes, because so much leadership and stuff, time for great heroes, henry IV

51
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what does Richard III want

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trouble. crazy brothers

52
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henry 5 says

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winter of discontent, band of brothers

53
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what do we become

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complicit in plans of Richard III, awful feeling cheering for evil

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