1. ENGLISH RENAISSANCE XVI CENTURY

2. DIFFERENCES TO ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ITALY GREAT POLITICAL INSTABILITY GREAT POLITICAL INSTABILITY GREAT EXPLOSION OF INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSIONS IN THE ARTS GREAT EXPLOSION OF INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSIONS IN THE ARTSENGLAND FILTERED BY REFORMATION FILTERED BY REFORMATION INTEGRATED INTO THE CULTURAL LIFE OF A STABLE SOCIETY INTEGRATED INTO THE CULTURAL LIFE OF A STABLE SOCIETY THE CHURCH ’S POWER HAD ALREADY BEEN REDUCED THE CHURCH ’S POWER HAD ALREADY BEEN REDUCED

3. EXPANSION OF KNOWLEDGE IN VARIED FIELDS PHILOSOPHYLITERATURERELIGIONSCIENCE

4. ELIZABETH THE FIRST ENCOURAGED A QUESTIONING MENTALITY UNTIL LATE XVI CENTURY WHEN THE CONSERVATIVE FORCES OF THE COUNTER- REFORMATION TOOK CONTROL OF EUROPE ENCOURAGED A QUESTIONING MENTALITY UNTIL LATE XVI CENTURY WHEN THE CONSERVATIVE FORCES OF THE COUNTER- REFORMATION TOOK CONTROL OF EUROPE

5. The centre around which everything rotated Known as the Virgin Queen she used her chastity as a weapon to keep stability of the country Known as the Virgin Queen she used her chastity as a weapon to keep stability of the country She became the source of inspiration of many poets She became the source of inspiration of many poets Her poetic rapresentation refers to the idealised woman of medieval courtly love Her poetic rapresentation refers to the idealised woman of medieval courtly love

6. EFFECTS UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EXPANDED GREATLY UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EXPANDED GREATLY THE STUDY OF CLASSICAL CULTURES( LATIN, GREEK, HEBREW) WAS REBORN THE STUDY OF CLASSICAL CULTURES( LATIN, GREEK, HEBREW) WAS REBORN

7. RENAISSANCE CLASP BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGE BEGINNING OF THE MODERN AGE ITS CURIOSITY WAS DIRECTED TOWARD THE PAST, EXPECIALLY ANCIENT ROME AND GREECE, PARTLY SUPPRESSED BY THE CHURCH DURING THE MIDDLE AGES ITS CURIOSITY WAS DIRECTED TOWARD THE PAST, EXPECIALLY ANCIENT ROME AND GREECE, PARTLY SUPPRESSED BY THE CHURCH DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

8. CONFUSION MEDIEVAL IDEAS ( I.E. MYTHS, ASTROLOGY) LIVED TOGETHER WITH NEW DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY MEDIEVAL IDEAS ( I.E. MYTHS, ASTROLOGY) LIVED TOGETHER WITH NEW DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY MEDIEVAL MENTALITY WAS RETHOUGHT IN A WAY THAT PERMITTED A NEW VISIONOF MAN, POSSESSING FREE WILL MEDIEVAL MENTALITY WAS RETHOUGHT IN A WAY THAT PERMITTED A NEW VISIONOF MAN, POSSESSING FREE WILL

9. THE CENTRALITY OF MAN= HUMANISM AS THE CHURCH ‘ S INFLUENCE WENT DOWN THE SPIRIT OF FREE ENQUIRY LED TO IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE : AS THE CHURCH ‘ S INFLUENCE WENT DOWN THE SPIRIT OF FREE ENQUIRY LED TO IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE : COPERNICUS, KEPLER, GALILEO

10. Copernicus revolutionized the scientific community of his time by proposing the theory that the sun was the center of the solar system

11. Kepler took Copernicus heliocentric view of the universe and removed the requirement that the planets move in circular orbits at constant speeds.

12. Galileo Galilei formulated the basic law of falling bodies.He constructed a telescope with which he studied lunar craters, and discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter and espoused the Copernican cause.

13. THE PRINTING PRESS (1476) IT ASSISTED THE SPREAD OF LEARNING AND THE EXTENSION OF LITERACY BEYOND CLERICS AND MONKS IT ASSISTED THE SPREAD OF LEARNING AND THE EXTENSION OF LITERACY BEYOND CLERICS AND MONKS

14. LITERATURE DURING THE RENAISSANCE IT BECAME A SEARCH FOR MEANING THROUGH CHAOS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT MARKED THE PASSAGE TO THE MODERN AGE IT BECAME A SEARCH FOR MEANING THROUGH CHAOS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT MARKED THE PASSAGE TO THE MODERN AGE

15. THEATRE IS THE FIELD WHERE ENGLISH LITERATURE GIVES THE MOST STIMULATING ANSWERS TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW APPROACHING ERA THEATRE IS THE FIELD WHERE ENGLISH LITERATURE GIVES THE MOST STIMULATING ANSWERS TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW APPROACHING ERA WAS INFLUENCED BY THE SONNETS OF PETRARCA POETRY WAS INFLUENCED BY THE SONNETS OF PETRARCA IT TENDED TO CELEBRATE THE ESTABLISHED ORDER OF THE ELIZABETHAN SOCIETY IT TENDED TO CELEBRATE THE ESTABLISHED ORDER OF THE ELIZABETHAN SOCIETY IT SHOWED IDEALISATION IT SHOWED IDEALISATION

16. DEVELOPED TOWARDS ESSAY WRITING, CONNECTED TO THE IDEA OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL REFORM PROSE DEVELOPED TOWARDS ESSAY WRITING, CONNECTED TO THE IDEA OF RELIGIOUS AND MORAL REFORM