NOW SHOWING The English Renaissance

1. NOWSHOWING The English Renaissance

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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)

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

10. 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

11. English or Shakespearean Sonnets Separated into three quatrains (4 lines) and one couplet (2 lines). Abab, bcbc, efef, gg

12. Spenserian • Same as English sonnet, but the rhyme scheme is: abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee

13. On Monsieur’s Departure • By Queen Elizabeth • http://www.elizabethfiles.com/on-monsieurs-departure/3873/

14. Sonnet 30 • A representation

15. Sonnet 75 • The analysis

16. 1996 • http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/brlit/unit2/theme2/webresources/nineteen.shtml

17. Sonnets 31 and 39

18. Sonnet 39

19. Sonnet 130

20. Sonnet 18