The English Renaissance Elizabethan and Jacobean Period

Historical Context Queen Elizabeth “I may not be a lion, but I am a lion’s cub and I have a lion’s heart.”

● Came to the throne in 1558 and ruled England for almost 45 years ● The Golden Age ● One of the best loved monarchs and most admired ruler of all time ● “She is an enigma, and was an enigma to her own people.” ● Enjoyed the outdoors ● Protestant Church in England ● Supreme Governor of the Church of England ● Restored the debased coinage Historical Context Age of Exploration ● First dominated by the Portuguese and Spanish and then the English ● Search for adventure, glory, and wealth ● 1577- Sir Francis Drake ● 1585 and 1595- Sir Walter Raleigh ● 1593- Sir Richard Hawkins Historical Context Protestant Reformation ● Burned alive for their Protestant beliefs ● Protestantism and Catholicism practiced in peace ● Execution of Mary Queen of Scots Jacobean Period Historical Context ● James I of England ● Not distinctly different ● King James translation of the Bible ● Mayflower sails to America (1620) ● Ended in depression Philosophical Context Religion ● Catholic-reformation ● Protestant ● Churches ● Law required church ● Raised children based on the Bible Philosophical Context Lifestyle ● Women=childbearers ● Men=head of house, jobs, education, plays ● Social order ● Wealthy era Philosophical Context Education ● 3 basic rules ○ Respect mother and father ○ Ask for parent’s blessing ○ Rise early and say prayers ● Grammar School-2000 hours ● Religion-Catholic Monarch Jacobean Period Philosophical Content ● King James I ○ Protestants dominated ○ Witchcraft/Supernatural ○ Catholic attack Philosophical Context Big Thinkers ● Shakespeare ● Sir Francis Bacon ● Sir Walter Raleigh ● Galileo ● John Dee ● Leonardo Da Vinci

Scientific and Technological Context Basic Science

● Scientific method ● New thinkers and ideas ● Inventions, astrology, and math Scientific and Technological Context New Inventions

● Household items ○ Bottled beer, flush toilet, frozen chicken, pocket watch ● Scientific discoveries ○ Telescope, thermometer ● Leonardo Da Vinci ○ Airplane, helicopter, submarine Scientific and Technological Context Astronomy ● Galileo ○ first telescope ○ confirmed Copernicus theory ● John Dee ○ Scryer ● Horoscopes and Astrology ○ Queen Elizabeth, William Shakespeare, Sir Frances Bacon Literary Context Poetry ● Sonnet - Spenserian and Shakespearean ● Spenserian stanza Literary Context Prose ● Historical chronicles ● Pamphlets ● Literary Criticism Literary Context Famous Authors ● William Shakespeare ● Christopher Marlowe ● Thomas Middleton Literary Context Shakespeare ● Words ○ amazement, bloody, eventful ● Proverbs ○ “Naked Truth”, “It’s Greek to Me”, “Too much of a good thing” Jacobean Period Literary Context ● Dark and tragic ● William Shakespeare ○ tragedies (1601-1607) ● King James Translation (1611) http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-explorers-timeline.htm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/184911/Elizabethan-literature http://www.sonnets.org/frye.htm http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-inventions.htm http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-astrology.htm http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-science-technology.htm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/298978/Jacobean-age http://www.softschools.com/timelines/the_jacobean_era_timeline/349/ http://www.wisegeek.org/what-was-the-jacobean-era.htm http://www.biography.com/people/christopher-marlowe-9399572#synopsis http://english.fsu.edu/middleton/ http://withalliamgod.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/elizabeths-poetic-case-against-transubstantiation/ http://www.englisharticles.info/2011/05/16/protestant-reformation/ http://www.themarlowestudies.org/Raleigh_Atheism.html http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/spensbio.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/william-shakespeare/10777409/Shakespeares-450th-birthday-Now-all-the-world-is-his-stage.html http://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/17/classics.theatre