Shakespeare + English History

Who was Bloody Mary's heir?

Elizabeth 1

What's a famous person from the Renaissance?

John Dunn

What's one of the types of poetry?

metaphisical

What are Cavalier Poets?

known as sons of Bens or tribe of Ben

Who did the Cavaliers look to as a literary leader?

Ben Jonson

What did John Milton write an epic about?

fall of Satan

What was the King James Bible written as?

a pro

What's the great chain of being?

idea that everything was written in a hierarchy

What's at the top of the tree category?

OAK

What's the top of the Angelic category?

the Sun

What's at the top of the animal category?

Lion

What's at the top of the flower category?

Rose

What's at the top of the people category?

King

What happened in Middle English?

the e sound

What did the printing press solidify?

the spelling

What was it more proper to write in?

French and Latin

What happened after the Protestant Reformation?

latin stopped being spoken

What did Protestant Churches start speaking in?

Latin

How long did Shakespeare live?

1564-1616

Where was Shakespeare born?

Stratford upon Avon

Who did Shakespeare marry?

Anne Hathaway

Who're Shakespeare's kids?

Judith, Susanna, and Hamnet

When did Hamnet die?

at 11

Where did Shakespeare work first?

in an acting company

When did Queen Elizabeth rule?

first half of his life/career

When did King James rule?

during the 2nd half

How many plays, sonnets, and poems did Shakespeare write?

37, 154, and 5

What did Shakespeare write?

comedies, histories, tragedies

What was his breakout play?

Romeo and Juliet

What was Hamlet considered?

Magnum Opus

When was the Renaissance Era?

1485-1660

What does Renaissance mean?

rebirth

What was the Renaissance?

rebirth of ideas in the classical era

What did the Renaissance LACK?

political stability

King Henry the 8th

had 6 wives

What did King Henry the 8th's martial instability do?

affect governing

What did King Henry the 8th do?

break away from the Catholic Church

What did the divorce of his wives do?

cause political problems

What did Henry (son) do?

broke out from selfishness

What did King Henry (8th) do?

create Church of England

King Henry the 8th's oldest child was…

Mary

When Bloody Mary came to power what'd he do?

made England Catholic again

What did Bloody Mary do?

persecuted Protestants

What did Queen Elizabeth I return England to?

Protestantism

When was the highest point of Lizzie's reign?

1588

What did Queen Elizabeth use her relationship status for?

politically flirting w/ marriage

What did Lizzie help do?

solidify themselves as a major power

What did the English navy call the wind?

Protestant wind

What's Elizabeth's reign known as?

Elizabethean Era

When was the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1 followed by?

Jacobbean

What leader came after Elizabeth?

James I

What did Jacobean come from?

Latin

What was King of Scotland to Lizzie?

cousin

What was James I's reign like?

instability

Who came after James?

King Charles I

What's another word for Angelicans?

Royalists

What's another word for Puritans?

Roundheads

The ____ and ____ were at war

Angelicans and Puritans

Who won?

Puritans

Who were Puritans lead by?

Cromwell

What did Cromwell convince Parliament to do?

behead Charles as an enemy of the state

What did Cromwell do?

turn England into a military dictatorship

After rule, people were tired of _

Cromwell; Puritans

When was the Restoration England?

1660

Who came back from France to rule?

Charles II

What was Shakespeare, also?

dramatist

What was Ben Jonson?

poet and dramatist

What did Ben Jonson popularize?

courtly masques

What did Cromwell outlaw?

theatre

What was Cromwell influenced by?

France

Were women forbade to act?

yes

What's at the top of the people category?

King