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The Renaissance/Hamlet Flashcards

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Henry VII

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  • (1485-1509) Peaceful time period; challenged by Lancasters

- Married Elizabeth, begets Arthur (betrothed to Catherine of Aragon, Spanish)

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Henry VIII

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  • Born 1491; reign 1509-1547
  • Tall and athletic
  • Infatuated with Katherine; Queen Isabella encouraged Pope to grant dispensation
  • Church Inquisition proves no consummation of marriage; marriage allowed
  • Begets daughter Mary
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Katherine as Regent

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  • Henry gave regency to Katherine while was in France
  • Katherine defends against Scotts; wins
  • Cannot produce
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Anne Boleyn

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  • 1533; Henry VIII falls in love (lady in waiting)
  • Henry wants to prove his marriage illegal; locks Katherine in prison until death
  • Marries Anne; Elizabeth born; Anne executed for “affairs”
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Jane Seymour

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  • Has baby son, Edward (one true wife)

- Jane dies; Cromwell wants him to marry Ann of Cleaves; sends painter to paint German

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German Princess

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  • Painter paints German princess; marriage by proxy

- 3 years later, finds woman unattractive; divorce and best friends

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Catherine Howard

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-1540; Henry finds guilty of adultery and places her in tower (escapes, killed)

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Catholic Properties

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  • 1542: Henry calls for all Catholic properties to be returned to Crown
  • Gives to noblemen, claims for Protestants
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Catherine Parr

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-1543: Marries; acts as nursemaid and urges for 3rd Succession Act

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Henry’s Death

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  • 1547: Dies as fat/sick

- Edward named as full successor, daughters moved back into line of succession

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Edward VI

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  • Reign: 1547-1553; Protestant
  • Obtains thrown at 9 years old; Lord Protector (Duke of Sumerset) controls him
  • Dies at 15 from tuberculosis; excluded Mary and Elizabeth from line of succession
  • Lady Jane Grey as successor
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Edward VI’s Lord Protectors

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  • First was Duke of Summerset
  • Next was John Dudley; tried for marriage between Edward and Jane
  • Marriage arranged between Jane and Dudley’s son (exclude Mary/Elizabeth)
  • Lady Jane wants to change Anglican Church
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Lady Jane Grey

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  • 1553; fell in love with John Dudley’s son

- True Christian; wanted to unite Churches

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Queen Mary

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  • (1553-1558); Catholic
  • Executes Jane and Dudley; takes over and forces all to convert to Catholicism
  • Arranges for marriage to Prince Philip of Spain
  • Has uterine tumor and dies without heir
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Queen Elizabeth I

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  • 1558-1603; Elizabethan Age and English Renaissance
  • 5th/last ruler
  • Re-establishes Protestants, tolerant
  • Virgin queen (never married)
  • Excommunicated by Pope in 1570
  • Armada of ‘88; great victory
  • Time period well-known for flourishing arts
  • Executed Mary Queen of Scotts (1587)
  • Established free grammar schools
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Ghosts

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  • Could trick humans (represent Hell)
  • Can take on shape of another
  • Vanish after first rooster crows
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Revenge Tragedies

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  1. Madness caused by power, etc. (numerous deaths)

2. Poison

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Population Growth During Renaissance

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  • 35% population growth; move to urban center (but still close to natural world)
  • Worked soil; acclimated to death
  • Organic material accepted (experimentation with urine and excretions)
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Animals

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  • Believed animals could invade body; create illness
  • Witches kept familiars
  • Cats were evil; suck life out of babies
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Odor

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  • Believed odor caused disease; created hygiene laws
  • Sick from sewage
  • Mattress stuffings carried disease
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Diseases

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  • Sweating sickness
  • Aerial disease
  • Syphilis large problem
  • Poison fixation
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Affluent=Wet Nurse

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  • Began to associate duties of child care with lower classes
  • Wet nurse industry grew; lower class women had opportunity to become wealthy
  • Had nannies, tutors, there was separation rom child-rearing
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Renaissance in England

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  • Rise: Under Tudor monarchs; 1500-1558
  • Height: Under Elizabeth I; 1558-1603
  • Fall: Stuart monarchs; 1603-1649
    - Largely in 15th century, brought from Italy
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War of Roses

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-Ended in 1485; allowed for Henry to unify country

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Population of London/Enclosure Laws:

  • 1563
  • 1605
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  • 1563: 93,000
  • 1605: 224,000
  • Laws forced farmers to move to cities
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Invention of Printing Press

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  • 1476: William Caxton set up first printing press at Westminster (London)
  • 1530: Half of England literate
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New Learning at Oxford

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  • During 1490s and 1500s; led by William Grocyn, Thomas Linacre, and John Colet
  • Dutch Humanist (Erasmus) taught Greek at Cambridge
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St. Paul’s (1510)

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-First (private) Prep school devoted to new learning; established by John Colet

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Anglicization of the Sonnet

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  • Wyatt and Surry introduced Italian verse form
  • Surrey created English blank verse
  • Love poetry also includd
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Dramatic Forms

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  • Miracle/morality popular

- Interlude developed; short play designed to be presented between courses

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95 Theses

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-Martin Luther posted on church door in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517 (Reformation)

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Church and State

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-Henry VIII declared as head of Church of England; established Anglican church (England was Protestant)

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Order of Wives

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  1. Catherine of Aragon (birthed Mary)
  2. Anne (birthed Elizabeth)
  3. Seymour (birthed Edward)
  4. Anne of Cleves (none)
  5. Catherine Howard (none)
  6. Catherine Parr (none)
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Gresham College

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  • Established in 1570; founded in London for middle class

- Curriculum included law, medicine, practical courses

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England in Height of Renaissance

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-Supreme on seas; riches from Sir Francis Drake (1577-1580)

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Armada

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Invasion fleet sent by Philip of Spain; Elizabeth net navy to destroy
-Defeated in 1588; dominant sea power

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Age of Courtiers

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Courtier Poets

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  • Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Philip Sidney

- Edmund Spenser wrote “The Faerie Queen”

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Songwriters

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-Thomas Campion; five collections of songs with lute accompaniment

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Drama

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  • Popular source of music; integral part of comedies and tragedies
  • Blank verse main vehicle for tragedy and comedy
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Dramatists

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-Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Ben Jonson

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Theater Development

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  • Native English drama wellspring of Elizabethan drama
  • Classical drama came in 1560s (translation of Latin dram/revenge tragedies)
  • Contained entire spectrum
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Crime

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  • Pickpockets/criminals drawn to theater

- Theater considered place of sin; hated by Puritans

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Puritan Influence in 1590s

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  • Began to become powerful again, closed theaters

- Elizabeth named successor King James of Scotland in 1603; turn of century signified decline

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James I

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  • (1603-); Anglican
  • Helped found Plymouth in New England (1620)
  • Growing religious/political unrest
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Gunpowder Plot

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-1605: Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes (Catholics) conceived idea of blowing up Parliament building

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House of Commons

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-During Stuarts reign, obtained more power and questioned Divine Right of Kings (predominantly Puritan)

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Civil War

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  • 1642: Civil War: King and supporters (Royalists/Cavaliers) vs. Parliament and led by Oliver Cromwell (Puritans/Roundheads)
  • Under Charles’ reign
  • Declared commonwealth by Parliament
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Poetry in Stuart Era:

-Metaphysical Poets

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  • More cynical; introspective
  • Led by John Donne; used strong lines, overriding regular meter; employed conceits; intellectual
  • Young Cavaliers: Wrote about love/loyalty (Richard Lovelace and Robert Herrick)
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King James

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-1611: Commissioned new English translation of Bible

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Shakespeare

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  • Tragedies written under reign of King James
  • Acting company became known as King’s Men
  • Popular until closed in 1649
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Puritan Poets

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-John Milton (Latin Secretary to Puritan Commonwealth); wrote “Paradise Lost” on fall of man

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Monarchy in 1660

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  • Restored, Charles II on throne

- Reopened theaters

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