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Eras and Ages

Eras and Ages. JL Ilsley High School English 12. History is often thought of in eras or ages Literature reflects the values of each age Where should we begin?. KNOW YOUR HISTORY. Around 500 CE the Roman Empire fell

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Eras and Ages

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  1. Eras and Ages JL Ilsley High School English 12

  2. History is often thought of in eras or ages • Literature reflects the values of each age • Where should we begin? KNOW YOUR HISTORY

  3. Around 500 CE the Roman Empire fell • It was replaced by a loose association of Germanic tribes (Goths, Ostrogoths, etc.)

  4. The Dark Ages lasted from the end of the Roman Empire (500 CE) until the Renaissance (beginning around the 1400s) The Dark Ages were considered backward due to a lack of education and scholarship, a loss of historical documentation, little architecture, and few cultural achievements. The Dark Ages

  5. The Christian Crusades were an attempt by European Christians to control The Holy Land (AKA Israel). • The Crusades lasted from about 1100 until about 1300. • The Crusaders mainly fought Muslims, but they also took on Jews and Orthodox Christians, among others. The Crusades

  6. The word “Renaissance” means re-birth • The Renaissance took place from around 1300 until around 1600 • Resurgence of Latin and Greek – “classical” scholarship • Art, literature, language, learning The Renaissance

  7. Michelangelo's David…SwingingthatSlingshot Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Mona Lisa Renaissance Art…Ninja Turtles?

  8. Played instruments Spoke many languages Educated in the classics Dancer Singer/Songwriter Poet Author Religious Scholar (He was a bit of a dog with the women, though.) Henry VIII – “Renaissance Man”

  9. Up until the 1400s, Europe was almost exclusively Catholic, and controlled by the Vatican • Henry the Eighth started out as a staunch Catholic, but then couldn’t divorce his first wife. He decided to form the (Protestant) Church of England, or the Anglican Church. • There was a lot of fighting between Catholics and Protestants during the Renaissance. Protestant Reformation

  10. Catholics Protestants • Traditional • Mass in Latin • Icons, gold, money • Controlled by the Vatican • Sacraments, group participation • No Divorce • No Birth Control • Newly-formed • Services in native languages • Controlled by smaller bodies • About an individual relationship with God • Divorce • Some allow Birth Control Religious Differences (traditional)

  11. In the Age of Reason (1600-1789), people started focusing on science, nature, and non-fiction texts. • People liked dictionaries, encyclopaedias, travelogues, scientific texts, and biographies; fiction took a back seat The Age of Reason

  12. 1687 – Newton’s Three Universal Laws of Motion • 1714 – Fahrenheit – Mercury Thermometer • The Flying Shuttle Loom • The Steam Engine • The Cotton Gin • Ben Franklin – Lightning rod – 1752 • 1781 – William Herschel discovers Uranus Age of Reason - Inventions

  13. After the French Revolution (1789) Europe entered the Romantic Era • Not about rules – about love, individuality, sex, poetry, fighting, etc • Frankenstein, “Kubla Khan”, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “Ode to the West Wind” – famous texts from that era. • Sex, drugs, and blank verse – like the 1960s, except that the Romantics existed in the early 1800s. The Romantic Era

  14. After the madness of the Romantic Era, the Western world became frigid once again. Enter Queen Victoria, and an era of etiquette, manners, reserved behaviour, “polite society”, restrictive fashion and strained poetry. Victoria reigned from 1837 until 1901. The Victorian Era

  15. Coming Soon…The 20th Century!

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