The Renaissance Study Guide

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The Renaissance Study Guide

• By Willy Ramos

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• 1) Where Did the Renaissance begin?

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• 1a) In Italylate 1400s lasted until the 1600s

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• 2) What does the word Renaissance mean?

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• 2a) Renaissance means rebirth in French

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• 3) What is Humanism?

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• 3a) Humanism is the intellectual study on how
  to live a good life.

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• 4) Who were the two most important Humanists?

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• 4a) The two most important Humanists were
  Desiderius Erasmus and
• Thomas More.

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• 5) What would a Renaissance person be
  interested in?

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• 5a) A Renaissance person would be interested in
  science, literature, history, and the arts

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• 6) The scholars of the Renaissance time period
  rediscovered ______?

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• 6a) Scholars rediscovered writings of ancient
  Greece and Rome

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• 7) What did Humanists try to combine?

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• 7a) Humanists tried to combine Latin and Greek
  literature with Christianity

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• 8) Why is there more time for higher learning
  during the Renaissance than in the Middle
  Ages?

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• 8a) Rising merchants class began earning more
  money which lead to more leisure time.

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• 9) Who invented the printing press?

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• 9a) Johannes Gutenburg

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• 10) What was a major impact of the printing press?

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• 10a) Allowed the common people to learn how to
  read.

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• 11) Who was Erasmus and what is his most famous
  work?

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• 11a) Dutch monk famous for In Praise of Folly

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• 12) Who was Thomas More?

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• 12a) Lawyer who wrote Utopia, and could not
  acknowledge King Henry as the head of the Church
  of England

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• 13) What is the Reformation?

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• 13a) Movement by the people that began to reject
  of the authority of the pope

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• 14) Who was Martin Luther and where is he from?

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• 14a) Founded a new kind of denomination of
  Christianity and originated from Germany.

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• 15) Describe how Henry VIII broke with the church.

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• 15a) Wanted to divorce his wife and announced
  himself Head of the Church of England.

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• 16) List Henry VIIIs wives and what happened to
  each.

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• 16a)
• Catherine of Aragon Divorced
• Ann Boleyn Beheaded
• Jane Seymour Died
• Anne of Cleves Divorced
• Catherine Howard Beheaded
• Catherine Parr Died

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• 17) Who created the royal navy?

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• 17a) Henry VIII

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• 18) What did Thomas more do about Henry VIII when
  the king placed him self at the head of the
  English Church?

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• 18a) Wouldnt stand to see him as head of the
  Church of England, and couldnt legally recognize
  him as head either.

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• 19) Which group thought that the English church
  was not reformed enough?

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• 19a) Puritans, Baptists, Presbyterians,
  Dissenters and Nonconformists.

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• qq20) List the Kings and Queens of the
  Renaissance in Order.

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• 20a)
• Henry VII
• Henry VIII
• Edward VI,
• Mary Tudor,
• Elizabeth
• James I of Scotland

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• 21) Who was a self proclaimed Renaissance Man?

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• 21a) Henry VIII

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• 22) Why was he called this?

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• 22a) Studied the arts, played various instruments
  and was a good athlete

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• 23) Who was called Bloody Mary and how did she
  get this name?

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• 23a) Mary Tudor, called by her nickname because
  she tried to convert England back to Catholicism
  by burning at the stake 300 dissenters

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• 24) What happened to Edward?

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• 24a) died of a fever at age 9

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• 25) Why was Elizabeth called the Virgin Queen?

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• 25a) Elizabeth resisted marriage all her life

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• 26) Why did Elizabeth never marry?

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• 26a) Elizabeth's power was her independence from
  a man, she believed if she married her power
  would be given to him.

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• 27) What were her accomplishments?

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• 27a) Restored law and order by reestablishing the
  Church of England, rejected the Popes authority
  and defeated the Spanish Armada.

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• 28) Who was Mary Stuart and what happened to her
  and why?

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• 28a) Cousin of Elizabeth, exiled and eventually
  beheaded because she plotted to kill Elizabeth.

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• 29) Describe what happened with that Spanish
  Armada? What did this do for England and the arts?

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• 29a) The Spanish Armada was defeated by the
  English because there were storms in the Irish
  sea during their battle, the defeat caused
  England to be the center of power leading to a
  time of peace and tranquility.

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• 30) Who is John Milton and what did he write?

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• 30a) He wrote Paradise Lost

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• 31) Who became King after Elizabeth?

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• 31a) James I

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• 32) Who was Edmund Spenser and what was his most
  famous work?

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• 32a) Graduate from Cambridge University and wrote
  The Faerie Queen

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• 33) Who was Christopher Marlowe and why is he
  important?

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• 33a) Translated love poems and wrote Doctor
  Faustus

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• 34) Who wrote History of the World?

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• 34a) Sir Walter Raleigh

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• 35) Who is John Donne and what is he famous for?

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• 35a) Had a relationship with Anne Donne, no
  relation, his most famous poem was written about
  his relationship with Anne.

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• 36) What were Miracle and Mystery plays?

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• 36a) Involved plays depicting scenes from the
  Bible.

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• 37) What was the name of Shakespeares Theatre?

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• 37a) The Globe Theatre

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• 38) Describe this Theatre.

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• 38a) A wood framed theatre in a oval to circular
  shape that was 3 stories high.

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• 39) Describe the actors of this time.

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• 39a) Usually were all men.

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• 40) When was Shakespeare born and when did he die?

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• 40a) Born in April 1564
• Died on April 23 1616
• Lived 52 years

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• 41) How many plays did Shakespeare write?

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• 41a) He wrote more than 36 plays

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• 42) How many poems did Shakespeare write?

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• 42a) He wrote 150 poems.

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• 43) Where was Shakespeare Born?

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• 43a) Born in Stratford-on-Avon

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• 44) Describe Shakespeare's wife and kids.

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• 44a) Married Anne Hathaway (26), and had three
  children Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.

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• 45) Name three of his Tragedies.

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• 45a) Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and King
  Lear.

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• 46) Name three of his histories.

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• 46a) Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V.

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• 47) Name three of his comedies.

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• 47a) Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About
  Nothing, and As You Like It.

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• 48) Who was Queen when Shakespeare Started
  writing plays?

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• 48a) Queen Elizabeth

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• 49) What were the names of his acting companies?

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• 49a) Lord Chamberlains Men, and The Kings Men.

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• 50) What postponed some of Shakespeares plays?

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• 50a) The Bubonic Plague

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• 51) Why is Shakespeare considered such a great
  writer?

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• 51a) He had a vivid imagination

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• 52) What happened to the Globe during one of his
  performances?

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• 52a) Burned Down

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• 53) How did the actors affect the writing of
  plays?

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• 53a) Actors had to have multiple roles, and songs
  had to be written to accommodate the actors.

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• 54) How was Shakespeares work finally put into
  print?

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• 54a) Illegally without his consent, rather than
  legally.