Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

British Literature > Renaiisance Notes > Flashcards

Renaiisance Notes Flashcards

0
Q

Where did the Renaissance begin?

A

Italy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

English Renaissance

A

Rebirth

1485-1625

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

When did it reach England?

A

200 years later

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What flourished?

A

Literary, artistic, and intellectual development

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What curriculum did universities add?

A

Humanities: history, geography, poetry, and modern language

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What was invented by Gutenburg?

A

Printing press

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What did more writers write in?

A

Vernacular

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Age of exploration

A

Thirst for knowledge initiates this

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What did Italy do?

A

Monopolized trade routes to Asia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What did Portugal and Spain do?

A

Seek an all sea-route, helped by compass and astronomy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What does England?

A

John Cabot discovers found land in 1497

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Protestant reformation

A

Leads to formation of Anglican Church in England

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

How was the church corrupt?

A

Indulgences, mob-style hits in Church, protest, and defiance of Catholic Church

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What do Erasmus and Thomas More focus on?

A

Mortality and religion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What did Martin Luther do in 1517?

A

Nailed 95 theses to the door of church in Germany

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What did he intend to do?

A

To begin a debate and reform within Catholic Church

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What happened that was not intended with the 95 Theses?

A

Ends up splitting the church

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What do the Protestants split into?

A

Lutherans and Calvinists

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What years was the Tudor dynasty?

A

1485-1603

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

It was a period of ____ and ______ expansion for England

A

Stability and economic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What does a Henry VII do?

A

Ends war of the roses, restores England’s shattered economy and domestic peace

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What did Henry VIII do?

A

He begins catholic; writes a book attacking Luther and pope dubs him “Defender of the faith”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What marriage was when Henry VIII wanted an annulment?

A

Catherine of Aragon so that he can marry Anne Boleyn

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What does the pope do?

A

He refuses but Henry remarries anyway

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Act of supremacy

A

Henry assumes ful control of church in England,
severs all ties with Rome,
Seizes Catholic Church’s english properties
Sells of monastic lands,
Ruthlessly suppresses all opponents including monks, Friars,etc.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

What did Henry VIII do to Thomas More?

A

Beheaded him when More refused to renounce Catholicism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Edward VI

A

King from 9-15( 1547-53)

27
Q

What is the book of common paper?

A

English replaces Latin in Anglican Church

28
Q

Mary I

A

Edwards half sister
Restores Catholicism and authority of pope
Marries Philip III of Spain
Violently represses Protestants

29
Q

What is Mary I nickname?

A

Bloody Mary

30
Q

Elizabeth I

A

Mary’s half sister

Intelligent, strong-willed and unmarried and childless

31
Q

What did Elizabeth I recieve?

A

Renaissance education- became great patron of the arts

32
Q

What did they call the period of the Renaissance?

A

The Elizabethan Period because she had such a great influence

33
Q

What does she return and renew and institute?

A

Return- Book of Common Paper
Renew- Act of Supremacy
Institutes- religious tolerance

34
Q

What did she do to the French and Spanish?

A

Manipulated them and outwitted them for decades

[Promised marriages(falsely)]

35
Q

Who did many Catholics consider as true queen of England

A

Mary Stewart because they didn’t recognize Henry VIII marriage to Anne Boleyn

36
Q

What did Elizabeth I do to Mary S.?

A

House arrest for 19 years

37
Q

What did Mary do?

A

Plotted to kill Elizabeth I but Elizabeth would always get the killers but she always spared Mary

38
Q

What happened that Mary S. got beheaded?

A

She got convicted for plotting to murder Elizabeth

39
Q

What happened when she got beheaded?

A

Spain declares war of England

And were mad about privateers plundering ships

40
Q

What happens in 1588?

A

Spanish Armada gets destroyed and emergence of England as a naval power

41
Q

James VI

A

Jacobean era (also path of the arts)

  • King James Bible
    - English translation
    - 54 scholars, 3 years
42
Q

Thomas More

A

Utopia

* written in Latin

43
Q

What is Utopia about?

A

Depiction of ideal society free of superstition and prejudice

44
Q

Thomas Wyatt

A

Translated Petrarch

Writes first sonnets in English

45
Q

Henry Howard

A

First one to use blank verse

46
Q

Blank verse?

A

Unrhymed iambic pentameter used in plays

47
Q

What did Shakespeare write during James’s reign?

A

Dark tragedies

48
Q

What do Enlgish pets reject

A

Narrative poetry of Chaucer

49
Q

What do English Poets turn to?

A

Lyric poetry

50
Q

Lyric poetry?

A

Expresses speakers feelings in vivid, musical language

51
Q

Sonnet?

A

14!lines
Iambic pentameter
Stanzas of 8 and 6 lines
Repeating rhyme sequences

52
Q

Sonnet cycles?

A

Series of sonnets that are put together to tell a story

53
Q

Who wrote the first great sonnet cycle?

A

Philip Sydney.

54
Q

Edmund Spenser

A

Sonnets

The Faerie Queen

55
Q

The Faerie Queene

A

Epic poem dedicated to Elizbeth

56
Q

What are nine line units called?

A

Spenserian stanzas

57
Q

Christopher Marlowe

A

Pastoral verse

Idealizes simplicity of rural life

58
Q

William Shakespeare

A

Greatest sonneteer

Goes from Petrarch to Shakespearean

59
Q

What was drama influenced by?

A

Greek and roman drama

60
Q

Tragedy?

A

Drama in which central characters meet disaster or misfortune
Hero- good character that errs because of hubris(pride)

61
Q

Comedy?

A

Humorous situation with happy resolution

62
Q

Shakespeare and Marlowe

A

Tragedies, comedies, histories, tragicomedies
Brilliant language
Unparalleled insight into human nature
Sympathy for all social classes

63
Q

Sir Walter Raleigh

A

History of the World

64
Q

Thomas Nashe

A

The Unfortunate Traveller

65
Q

Francis Bacon

A

Novum Organum - Latin scientist

British Literature (10 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions