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NOW SHOWING The English Renaissance. The Middle Ages The English Renaissance. The collapse of Feudalism: The crusades financially weakened the government, but also opened up new trade options to the English. England began to move from a land based (parcels) to money based.
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NOWSHOWING The English Renaissance
The Middle Ages The English Renaissance • The collapse of Feudalism: • The crusades financially weakened the government, but also opened up new trade options to the English. • England began to move from a land based (parcels) to money based. • The black death and the Magna Carta gave peasants more power, they moved to cities and eventually paid off their depts. and became free members of society. • Nobles no longer fought for themselves, they paid armies to fight for them which lead to weaken them both physically and politically. • Once Nobles were weakened, Kings took back the power and broke away from the Pope and The Catholic Church of Rome to create the Christian Church of England.
Cultural Changes • With all of the travel of the Crusades, trade, money and all things new were of interest for these people • We see the emergence of the Renaissance (rebirth). Arts, Science and Literature became all the rage. • Protestant Reform-Martin Luther protested against the sale of indulgences and other practices of the Catholic Church and started a different religious movement: Protestantism. Protestants took a Pilgrimage to somewhere they would be able to express their beliefs and landed at Plymouth in 1620 (America). • Japan prohibited contact with Europe in 1624. • Language was made to be more standardized, adding proper spelling, new words and expressions, prefixes and suffixes.
A New King • From the Tudor family, a “adopted” son, Henry VII assisted in the rule of Ireland until he was called to England a take rule of the land. • From this we have a long line of King Henry’s (King Henry VI, King Henry VII, King Henry VIII)
His son Charles I was King and was killed and defeated because he was terrible. So England then became a Common Wealth ruled by Oliver Cromwell
Death of Charles I • Oliver Cromwell-a devout Puritan took over and was able to create a stabilized government ensuring toleration for Puritans. After his death in 1658, Parliament reconvened and in 1660 Charles Stuart, son of Charles, was asked to become King.
The Sonnet • 14 line poems that have a very structured rhyme scheme and Iambic Pentameter. • Read it in a 3 step process • 1. Read slightly for content • 2. read it aloud to hear the meter and rhyme scheme. • 3. read to discover the “puzzle” of the poem is trying to solve or the issue the poet explores.
Italian or Petrarchan Sonnets They are about love It goes from a problem to a solution Has an octave (8 lines) followed by a sestet (6 lines) Rhyme scheme: abbaabba, cdecde or cdcdcd
English or Shakespearean Sonnets Separated into three quatrains (4 lines) and one couplet (2 lines). Abab, bcbc, efef, gg
Spenserian • Same as English sonnet, but the rhyme scheme is: abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee
On Monsieur’s Departure • By Queen Elizabeth • http://www.elizabethfiles.com/on-monsieurs-departure/3873/
Sonnet 30 • A representation
Sonnet 75 • The analysis
1996 • http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/brlit/unit2/theme2/webresources/nineteen.shtml