The Golden Age: The Sixteenth Century

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The Golden Age The Sixteenth Century

• The Rise Of The Novel

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Charles V

• Charles V
• King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor
• The rebellion of the Comuneros 1520-21
• Conquest of Mexico and Peru
• Opposed the Reformation
• Championed the Counter Reformation
• The Council of Trent
• The Inquisition
• The Index of Prohibited Books
• The Jesuits
• Abdicated in 1556

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Carlos V
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The Rebellion of the Comuneros
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The Reformation
Martin Luther
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The Counter Reformation
The Council of Trent
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The Inquistion
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The Index of Forbidden Books
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The Jesuits
St. Ignatius Loyola
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Phillip II

• Madrid was established as the capital
• The Battle of Lepanto 1571
• The Defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588
• The decline of Spain

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Felipe II
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Don Juan of Austria
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The Battle of Lepanto 1571
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The Spanish Armada
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Naval Warfare
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Humanism vs. Counter Reforamtion

• Humanism
• Simplicity in the church
• Moderation
• Tolerance
• Mild Skepticism about dogma
• The Counter Reformation
• Rigidity
• Conformity
• Orthodoxy

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The Rise of the Novel

• Pastoral Novel
• Moorish Novel
• Picaresque Novel
• Reaction to Idealistic Literature
• Balance between idealism and realism
• Reflection of the problems of Spanish society
• An Important Contribution to European Literature

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Lazarillo de Tormes

• Themes and characteristics
• Ills of the Spanish Empire
• Hunger
• Church Influence
• Anticlericalism
• Pride and misdirected honor
• Cynicism, cruelty, and dishonesty
• Problem of a poor young boy facing the world
• Humor and local color

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Characteristics

• First person
• Autobiographical
• No true love
• Hungar and bare existence
• Satire on all levels of society
• Episodic
• Appearances vs. Reality
• Anti hero
• No honest work
• Teaches a moral

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