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English Renaissance 1485 - 1660. A time of “ rebirth ” Two period : the Elizabethan the Jacobean. Humanism. New way of looking at the world It was caracterized by voyages and discovery Breaking down of the Christian church Importance of rationalism
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English Renaissance1485 - 1660 A timeof “rebirth” Twoperiod: the Elizabethan the Jacobean
Humanism • New way oflooking at the world • Itwascaracterizedbyvoyages and discovery • Breaking down of the Christian church • Importanceofrationalism • Great thinkers: Erasmusof Rotterdam and his English disciples Thomas More and John Cole
Elizabeth period Fivemonarchs: • Henry VII (1485–1509) • Henry VIII (1509–1547) • Edward VI (1547–1553) • Mary I (1553–1558) • Elizabeth I (1558–1603)
Henry VII1485 - 1509 • Hewas the first monarchof the House of Tudor. • Hewasbornduring the warsof the Roses. • Hewasnot a memberofroyal family. • Herestored the reputationof the monarch ad onewhorules, notmerelyreigns. • Hefounded the English navalpower
Henry VIII1509 - 1547 • Hewascalled “Golden Prince” • Henry’s reignwasthatof a typical Renaissance Prince. • The secondhalfofhisreignwasdominatedby the Reformation. • Hehadsixwives. • Schism from the Church of Rome for marriage Anne Boleyn.
Edward VI1547 – 1553 • Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour. • Hewasonly 9 yearsoldwhenbecomeking. • Onlyone male heir. • “Book of common prayer”. • He should marry Mary Queen of Scots. • He died at 16 years old.
Mary I1553 - 1558 • Daughterof Henry VIII and Catherine ofAragon. • “Bloody Mary” • Restore Catholicism after the reform.
Elizabeth I1558 - 1603 • Daughterof Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. • Shewaswelleducated and cultured. • “The Virgin Queen” • Shewaspopular. • Shewasburied in Westmister Abbey.
War withSpain • Economy and English piracy in Spanishcolonieswere the reasonsofthis war • In 1588 the invincibleSpanishArmada (130 ships and 30.000 soldier) wentto England. • England wonthis war, becauseBritishshipswerelighterthanSpanishships.
War with France and Scotland • Hercousin, Mary Stuart, was proclaimed Queen of Englandbecause Elizabeth wasn’t recognisedby the catholicchurch. • Mary of Guise, motherof Mary Stuart, allowed the French to place fortifications in Scotland. • “Treaty of Edinburgh” said that these fortifications were deleted.