RENAISSANCE ENGLAND

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RENAISSANCEENGLAND

• MARJE MAASEN
• INGLISE KIRJANDUS
• 1O KLASS
• C.R.JAKOBSONI NIM.GÜMNAASIUM
• VILJANDI MAAKOND

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POLITICAL SITUATION

• THE WAR OF ROSES ENDED IN 1485
• NEITHER THE YORKS NOR THE LANCASTERS WON
• A NEW DYNASTY, THE TUDOR DYNASTY, CAME TO THE
  THRONE

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HENRY VII

• BUILT A NEW NATION -BASED STATE
• COULD AVOID CONFLICTS WITH FRANCE AND SPAIN
• LAID A GOOD ECONOMIC BASIS FOR HIS STATE
• BUILT A POWERFUL MERCHANT FLEET
• ENGLAND BEGAN TO DOMINATE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE

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HENRY VIII

• HE WAS A BRILLIANT SCHOLAR AND AMBITIOUS
  POLITICIAN
• DISSOLVED THE MONASTERIES
• THE HAUNTING PROBLEM - A MALE HEIR
• MADE HIMSELF THE HEAD OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH
• QUARRELLED WITH THE POPE

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CATHERINE OF ARAGON

• COULD NOT GIVE THE STATE A MALE HEIR TO THE
  THRONE
• HAD A DAUGHTER CALLED MARY
• HENRY DIVORCED FROM HER TO MARRY ANNE BOLEYN
• WAS AN ARDENT CATHOLIC AND BROUGHT PRINCESS MARY
  UP IN THE SAME SPIRIT

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ANNE BOLEYN

• HENRY VIII MARRIED HER AFTER THE DIVORCE
• GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER CALLED ELIZABETH
• WAS BEHEADED IN THE TOWER BECAUSE HENRY VIII
  SUSPECTED HER OF PLOTTING

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MARY TUDOR

• DAUHGTER OF HENRY VIII AND CATHERINE OF ARAGON
• WAS A TRUE CATHOLIC
• PURSUED PROTESTANTS AND EXECUTED THEM
• ALSO KNOWN AS BLOODY MARY

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ELIZABETH I

• DAUGHTER OF HENRY VIII AND ANNE BOLEYN
• MADE PEACE WITH FRANCE AND SPAIN
• BUILT A LARGE FLEET
• ENCOURAGED THE CREATION OF COLONIES ABROAD -
  VIRGINIA
• IRELAND BECAME AN ENGLISH COLONY
• WALES ACCEPTED ENGLISH ADMINISTRATION IN 1536-1543

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JAMES I

• SON OF MARY STUART
• FOLLOWED ELIZABETH TO THE THRONE BECAUSE SHE HAD
  NO HEIR
• VERY HARD ON PROTESTANTS IN SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
• HE WAS ALSO KING JAMES VI IN SCOTLAND
• GUNPOWDER PLOT WAS ORGANIZED AGAINST HIM

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GUNPOWDER PLOT

• CATHOLICS WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH JAMES I AS A
  RULER
• THE AIM - TO BLOW UP THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT
• NOVEMBER 5, 1605
• GUY FAWKES WAS CAUGHT AND THROWN TO THE TOWER
• LATER ON HE WAS EXECUTED

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MIGRATION TO AMERICA

• JAMES I WAS VERY HARD ON PROTESTANTS IN SCOTLAND
  AND IRELAND
• IN 1620-21 THEY EMIGRATED TO AMERICA
• THE SHIP WAS CALLED THE MAYFLOWER
• THE FIRST SETTLEMENT WAS CALLED NEW PLYMOUTH

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LIFE IN ENGLAND

• ENGLAND ENTERED THE ERA OF CAPITALISM
• THE ENCLOSURE OF COMMON LANDS BY LANDOWNERS
• THEIR AIM - TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHEEP TO
  GET MORE WOOL
• PEASANTS WERE DEPRIVED OF THE LAND
• MANY PEASANTS BECAME HOMELESS

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SCIENCE AND LEARNING

• PRINTINGG WAS INVENTED IN GERMANY AND CAXTON
  BROUGHT THE SKILL TO ENGLAND IN 1476
• GRAMMAR SCHOOLS WERE FOUNDED WHERE LATIN, GREEK,
  ANCIENT HISTORY AND ENGLISH WERE TAUGHT
• LITERACY SPREAD QUICKLY
• PROTESTANT CHURCHES WERE SET UP

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LITERATURE AND ART

• RENAISSANCE MEANS THE REBIRTH OF ANCIENT GREEK
  AND ROMAN ART AND LITERATURE
• IT WAS FULL OF JOY OF LIFE
• IT GLORIFIED THE BEAUTY OF MAN
• MAN HAD THE RIGHT TO ENJOY LIFE

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMA

• DRAMA BECAME VERY POPULAR
• THE FIRST THEATRE HOUSES THE GLOBE AND THE
  THEATRE WERE BUILT
• FIRST COMPANIES OF ACTORS WERE FORMED

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

• HE IS THE GREATEST OF THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
  WRITERS
• HE WROTE COMEDIES, SUCH AS THE MIDSUMMER
  NIGHTS DREAM,THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
• HE WROTE TRAGEDIES, SUCH AS HAMLET, ROMEO AND
  JULIET, OTHELLO,
• HE WROTE SONNETS
• HE WROTE HISTORICAL PLAYS