The Reniassance Period (1500-1660)

The Renaissance Period is subdivided into:

1. The Elizabethan Period (1558-1603)

2. The Jacobean Period (1603-1625)

3. The Caroline Period (1625-1649)

4. The Commonwealth Period (1649-1660)

Elizabethan Age was the Golden Age of English Drama Some notable authors of this time are:

• Christoper Marlowe

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• William Shakespeare

Jacobean Age

is named after the reign of James I. This period consists of works for: John Donne, Shakespeare, John Webster, King James translation of the Bible also came from this age.

Caroline Age

covers the reign of Charles I. Famous authors of this time:

• John Milton

• George Herbert

The Commonwealth age

was named for the period between the end of the English Civil War and the restoration of Stuart Monarchy. This is the time when Oliver Cromwell, a puritan, ruled the nation and the parliament. Public theaters were closed to prevent public assembly and combat moral and religious transgressions. Authors of this period:

• John Milton

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Fuller

• Andrew Marvell