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Renaissance
Background of the Renaissance and major Authors
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Literature
11th Grade
01/16/2014

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Term
Where and when did the Renaissance begin?
Definition
Italy in the 14th century.
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What does "renaissance" mean?
Definition
"Rebirth"
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What was the inspiration of the Renaissance?
Definition
By Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
Term
Who were the individuals that we are most knowing of.
Definition
Michelangelo, Galileo, Da Vinci, and Columbus.
Term
Who was the ideal "renaissance Man"
Definition
Individuals with a range of accomplishments and intellectual interests.
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Was the Catholic Church a big factor in the Renaissance?
Definition
Yes.
Term
What is Humanism?
Definition
An intellectual movement that turned to the classics to answer questions.
Term
What was the shift focus?
Definition
From after life to earthly life.
Term
What were the people of the Renaissance in union with?
Definition
The Church
Term
What are the studies of humanities?
Definition
History, Geography, Poetry, and Modern Language.
Term
Who was Johannes Guttenberg?
Definition
He invented the movable type press and printed the 1st book of the Bible (~1455 pages)
Term
What happened during the Reformation?
Definition
Catholic and Protestant violence and the Protestants seek out to weed badness.
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Who was the leader during the English Reformation?
Definition
King Henry VIII
Term
Name some facts of Henry VIII?
Definition
  • Wanted a divorce so became head of Church
  • He was a Devout Catholic
  • "Defender of Faith"
  • Wives:
  1. Catherine of Aragon -Divorced
  2. Anne Bolyn- Birthed Queen Elizabeth
  3. Jane Seymour
Term
Name some of Henry's heirs
Definition

Edward- Son of Jane

"Bloody" Mary Stuart

  • Daughter of Catherine of Aragon
  • 1553-1558
  • Hard Core Catholic, killed many

Elizabeth

  • Daughter of Anne Boleyn
  • Ruled 1558-1603
Term

Who was Queen Elizabeth I

 

Definition

She acted of uniformity

She supported nationalism

Patron of the Arts

Conflict with Spain

Term
Name some Pirates
Definition

Sir Francis Brake

and

Sir Walter Raleigh

Term
King James I
Definition
  • 1603
  • Difficult rule
  • Foreigner
  • Socially awkward
  • Spend a lot
  • Unglamorous
  • Tried REALLY hard
Term
Literature of the Renaissance
Definition

Focus on earthly happiness, love

Questioned philosophy, religion, and morality

Term
Name 7 facts on Sir Walter Raleigh
Definition

Born in 1552

Egotistical

Pirate

Explored the "New World"

Named a colony for Queen Elizabeth "Virgin" I

Brought potatoes and tobacco to England

Was captain of Elizabeth's personal gaurd

 

Term
When did Queen Elizabeth die?
Definition
1603
Term
Why was Raleigh arrested?
Definition
King James was trying to appease the Spanish
Term
When in jail, what book did Raleigh write?
Definition
The Hustory of the World.
Term
When was Raleigh beheaded?
Definition
1618
Term
Who was Christopher Marlowe?
Definition
  • Born in 1564 in Canterbury
  • Attended Cambridge
  • Translated Ovid's poetry to English
  1. Banned by Bishop of London
  2. "Too Erotic"
  • Famed Pramatist
  1. Faustus
Term
True or False, Christopher Marlowe was more famous than Shakespeare.
Definition
True
Term
Name some of Christopher's secret life?
Definition
  • Spy for Elizabeth
  • Killed a man during a fight
  • Accused of Atheism
  • 1593, May 30th, was killed.
Term
What was the first conspiracy?
Definition
Queen ordered the murder to prevent Marlowe from taking the stand
Term
What was the second conspiracy?
Definition
Death faked and went to France.
Term
What is Pastoral Peotry?
Definition
Poetry that Idealises nature
Term
Who wrote the Passionate Shepard to his Love?
Definition
Christopher Marlowe
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