I. The Renaissance: Historical Context A. The Monarchy and the Church 1. Writers, Poets, and Politics a. Sir Thomas More b. Sir Walter Raleigh 2. The Tudors a. Henry Tudor b. Arthur c. Catherine of Aragon 3. The Protestant Reformation a. Henry VIII b. Martin Luther c. Protestant churches 4. The Church of England a. Church of England b. Anne Boleyn c. Edward VI d. Puritans e. Bloody Mary B. The Elizabethan Era 1. Queen Elizabeth I a. Elizabeth I b.Sir Francis Drake c. Sir Walter Raleigh d. Mary Stuart C. The Rise of the Stuarts 1. Death of Elizabeth I a. James I 2. James V1 takes of over England a Gunpowder Plot b. Charles I 3. Charles I Rule a Parliament b. civil war D. The Defeat of the Monarchy 1. English Civil War a. Oliver Cromwell
2. Cromwell’s Reign and Death a. commonwealth b. Charles II c. Restoration II. Cultural Influences A. The Renaissance 1. The Rebirth a. Renaissance 2. The Renaissance Worldview 3. Creativity and Restoration a. Shakespeare b. Galileo c. Columbus d. printing press e. theater d. The Bible III. Renaissance Literature A. Pastoral Poems and Sonnets 1. The Court Poets a. Sir Philip Sidney b. Sir Walter Raleigh c. Christopher Marlowe d. pastoral 2. Improving Nature a. sonnet b. Sir Thomas Wyatt c. Henry Howard d. Earl of Surrey e. Edmund Spenser f. William Shakespeare g. Amelia Lanier h. Shakespearian sonnet B. Shakespearian Drama 1. Shakespearian plays a. mystery plays b. miracle plays c. morality plays d. interludes e. Latin and Greek Dramas f. Globe Theatre
2. Shakespeare’s Influence a. tragedy b. Macbeth c. comedy d. history 3. Other poets a. Christopher Marlowe b. Ben Johnson c. masques C. The Rise of Humanism 1. Humanism during the Renaissance a. humanism b. humanists c. humanities d. Erasmus 2. English Humanists a. Sir Thomas More b. Utopia c. Translations d. Earl of Surrey e. George Chapman D. Spiritual and Devotional Writings 1. English Literature a. King James Bible b. John Wycliffe c. William Tyndale...