1. The English Renaissance 1485-1625

2. The Coming of the Renaissance  Literary, artistic and intellectual development  Began in Italy in the 14 th century.  Inspired by the arts and scholarship of ancient Greece and Rome, which were rediscovered during the Crusades

3. Movement of the Renaissance

4. Key Characteristics of the Renaissance  Humanism - interest in the human being’s place on this earth – Change FROM religious devotion of the Middle Ages  Printing Press - books more available  More writers began using the vernacular

5. Renaissance Man  Leonardo Da Vinci – a painter, sculptor, architect, and scientist  Renaissance man —a person of broad education and interests whose curiosity knew no bounds. “Jack of all trades”

6. The Age of Exploration  Thirst for knowledge = great burst of exploration.  Crusades opened routes to Asia

7.  Explorers from other nations searched for all-sea routes aided by compass and advances in astronomy. - 1492 - Columbus’s discovery of the New World The Age of Exploration

8. The Protestant Reformation: Questioning the Catholic Church  Questioned authority of the church.  Complaints: – Taking money from people (indulgences & taxes) – People could not interpret Bible for themselves

9. Martin Luther  95-theses (1517)  Split Roman Catholic Church. Catholic vs. Protestant

10. Tudor England  Tudor dynasty  1485-1603  Tudor = the last name of those kings that ruled  Ruled England during most of the Renaissance Era

11. First Tudor Monarch: Henry VII 1485 His marriage ends War of Roses and unites Tudors

12. Henry VIII

13.  1 st Wife - Catherine of Aragon – Had daughter Mary – BUT no male heir  Henry wanted annulment  Pope refused – Henry married anyway. Broke with Catholic Church.

14.  England becomes Protestant  Henry now head of Church in England  Henry persecuted Catholics  Even executed his friend Thomas More (Catholic)  Henry married six times. Henry VIII

15. DivorcedBeheadedDied DivorcedBeheadedSurvived Catherine of AragonAnne BoleynJane Seymour Anne of ClevesKathryn HowardKatherine Parr

16. Catherine of AragonAnne BoleynJane Seymour

17. Edward VI  King at age 9  Died at age 15  England is Protestant (Anglican) during his rule

18. Mary I (Bloody Mary)  Catholic  Restored Catholicism  Persecuted protestants and executed about 200 Protestants Ruled 5 years (Died age 42 from cancer)

19. Elizabeth I  Last of the Tudors  Virgin Queen died unmarried and childless.  Well educated  Elizabethan Era

20. Sir Walter Raleigh  English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer  Rumored relationship with Elizabeth

21. The Spanish Armada  1588 - English navy defeats the Spanish Armada.

22. Elizabeth and the Church  United England under Anglican Church – ending years of religious turmoil  Mary, Queen of Scots – Catholics though she should be queen – Her son – James I  After Elizabeth died – she appointed James I King of England

23. King James I  Strong supporter of the arts  Protestant  Jamestown - first English colony in America

24. Renaissance Literature  Poetry ( Sonnets) – Edmund Spencer – Sir Philip Sydney – William Shakespeare

25. Renaissance Literature  Drama – Christopher Marlow – William Shakespeare – Ben Johnson

26. Renaissance Literature  Prose – Francis Bacon – Walter Raleigh – Speeches of Queen Eliz. – King James Bible

27. Writing Activity  Using the information from this presentation, create a five question multiple-choice quiz. You must use the information/definitions from the presentation. You may also add your knowledge to create your questions/answers. Be sure to circle the correct answer. For example:  The term meaning an interest in the human being’s place on this earth is: A. cannibalismB. Catholicism C. humanismD. Protestantism  You CANNOT use this example  Turn this assignment in when you are finished; you can talk, but it is not group work; everyone should have different questions/answers.