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Quick Overview of Renaissance (1558 1660)
Historical / Political1) Elizabethan Period (Tudor Dynasty) 1558
1603 Golden ae o! Enland "table Enland under Elizabeth
End o! ri!t bet#een Protestant and $atholi% &n're%edented
'ros'erity and international 'restie (e oyal E*%hane (sto%+e*%hane)
!ounded in 1565) $hane !ro, !ar, based e%ono,y to international
trade -o %ostly #ars but #on the s+ir,ish #ith the "'anish .r,ada
-o %lash bet#een ,onar%h and 'arlia,ent En%ouraed o/erseas /entures
("ir ran%is Dra+e and alter aleih)
2) "tuart Period (a,es 4 o! "%otland) .lso +no#n as a%obean
'eriod $harles 1625 167 $lashes bet#een ,onar%hy and 'arlia,ent
Dis,issed 'arlia,ent ent to #ar #ithout the 'er,ission o!
'arlia,ent
Period o! la/ishness and e*tra/aan%e (e 9as:ues 1605 ; 1670 #ere
a sy,bol o!the ri%h#ealthy< e*%ess and de%aden%e 9as:ues #ere a
union o! the arts ,usi%< dan%eed to "ir ran%is Dra+e
%ir%u,na/iated the lobe in 7 years
o 9artin robisher e*'lored the .rti%
o 1statte,'t albeit a !ailed one at %olonisation in -orth
.,eri%a oana+e
sland 158= "%ien%e /s $hur%hBs 'rohibition taboo o! see+in
hea/enly se%rets or 'layin God$hur%h dis%ouraed the 'ryin into the
,o/e,ents o! hea/enly bodies or se%rets o!$reation "%ien%e %an no
loner be deri/ed !ro, the boo+s o! .ristotle or Pliny but ,ust
result!ro, !irsthand obser/ation and e*'eri,ent (?a%onian ,ethod o!
s%ien%e)
*echnolo$!
Printin 'ress in/ented by ohannes Gutenbero n%reased the
'ublishin o! #or+s and literature
Pro'oation o! ne# ideas "tabilised the Enlish lanuae /ersus
ha/in #or+s in >atin Gree+
o Translation o! Gree+ >atin into Enlish e $ha',an translated
Ao,erBs
Cdyssey !ro, Gree+ to Enlish
+iterature Aea/ily in!luen%ed by talian enaissan%e
talian enaissan%e redis%o/ered an%ient Gree+ o,an theatre
E/ol/ed !ro, ,ira%le 'lays or ,iddle aes Theatre ins'ired by "ene%a
9aster o! Traedies (Ty'i!ied by ?lood and 4iolen%e)
