English IV Renaissance Notes

French; rebirth

Renaissance is a _____ word meaning ______.

Romans and Greeks

The Renaissance refers to a renewed discovery and interest in the classic teaching/learning from the writing of _____ and _____.

1485; 1660

The English Renaissance began around ________ and ended around __________ (dates).

Italy; trade

However, the Renaissance began in ____________(country) due to abundance of wealth gained from ____________ with the countries of the Middle East and Far East.

1485-1660

The dates for the Renaissance in England are _______ -_________.

Roses; Lancasters; red; Yorks; white; Henry VII; Elizabeth

The War of the ____________, a war between the House of ______________ (having a ______ colored rose on its crest) and the House of _______________ (having a ______ colored rose on its crest) was ended when ______________ married ________________ of York.

Tudor; Renaissance

This began the ____________ family line and the ________________ time period.

1. Henry VII (r. 1485-1509)
2. Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547)
3. Edward VI (r. 1547-1553)
4. Lady Jane Grey (Nine Days Queen) (r. 1533)
5. Mary Tudor (r. 1553-1558)
6. Elizabeth I (r. l558-1603)

Rulers of this period in England who belonged to the Tudor family: (6)

Jane Seymour

Edward VI is the son of Henry VIII and _________________________.

Nine Days Queen; Mary the Sister of Henry VIII

Lady Jane Grey (also known as ______) descended from ___________________.

Catherine of Aragon

Mary Tudor is the daughter of Henry VIII and______________________.

Anne Boleyn

Elizabeth I is the daughter of Henry VIII and ______________________.

More

Henry VIII's request for an annulment of his first marriage was denied by the pope, and his request for legal aid from his Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas _________________ was also denied.

beheaded

Because More stood up to the king, he was _________________.

Henry VII; Church of England; Anglican; episcopal

In 1531, ____________ broke with the Church, declaring himself as the head of the ___________________, which is also known as the _________________ in England and the __________________ church in America.

divorce; catholic

When he couldn't get the annulment, he tried to __________________ his wife, which was not allowed in the _______________ church.

6

In all, he had _________ wives.

divorced; beheaded; died; divorced; beheaded; survived

The way to remember what happened to each of them is the rhyme ______

1. Catherine of Aragon
2. Anne Boleyn
3. Jane Seymour
4. Anne of Cleves
5. Catherine Howard
6. Catherine Parr

What are the names in order of Henry VIII wives?

Edward VI; 9; 15

Upon Henry VIII's death, his son __________________ took the throne at the age of _____ but died when he was _______ of tuberculosis.

Lady Jane Grey; 9

The king's council did not want his half- sister Mary Tudor to reign, so they quickly placed _____________________ on the throne for ___ days.

beheaded

Mary quickly claimed the throne as her own and ultimately had Jane _____.

Catholicism; Phillip II of Spain

Mary I's first action was to change the country's religion back to __________________. She was unpopular with her people because she married _______________, and her subjects did not want to have a foreign influence in their country.

Church of england

Because of her upbringing, she was bitter towards the _____.

300+; Bloody Mary

She even went on to burn _______ Protestants at the stake. For this she is known as _______________________.

Elizabeth I; Protestant

After Mary I came __________________________, whose first act was to convert England back into a ___________________ nation.

45

Unlike Mary, however, she reigned during a time of great peace and prosperity for ____ years.

Mary Queen of Scots

She did have one person who contested her right to be queen. This was ____________________________, but although she tried to have Elizabeth murdered, she was discovered and eventually beheaded by Elizabeth.

Virgin; heir

Elizabeth was called the _______________ queen because she never got married; she never wanted to share her power with a man. Thus, she died without an ____________________, thereby ending the Tudor reign.

Shakespeare

Elizabeth I encouraged the poets, dramatists, and other writers of the period - especially _________________________. He successor also sponsored/patronized him.

Stuart; Mary Queen of Scots

The last ruler in the Renaissance belonged to the _______________ family and ironically was the son of ___________________.

James Vi in Scotland; James I in England

He is known as ______ in Scotland and _____ in England.

Shakespeare; Macbeth

James also patronized _____________ who wrote his famous Scottish play ________________ in James' honor.

Johannes Gutenberg; William Caxton

The printing press was invented by ___________________. It reached England when __________________ set up a shop in West Minster.

literacy; ability to learn

The printing press helped to make __________________ more available to the people.

financial

The Reformation occurred because the people resented the _____________ burden placed on them by the Church in Rome.

pope

They also rejected the authority of the _____________.

Germany; 95 theses

Martin Luther, a Catholic priest in ______________, founded a
new Christianity based on a personal understanding of the _______________.

Henry VIII; Spanish Armada; Elizabeth I

In 1588, the English Navy, which was established by ______________, defeated the ______________, one of the most powerful forces in the world, under Queen __________'s reign. This victory established England as a major independent power.

Galileo; heliocentric

_______ announced that the solar system was ________________ not geocentric.

Christopher Columbus

______ discovered the new world.

Donatello, DaVinci, and Raphael

In the art world greats such as _________________ and ___________________ created artistic wonders.

vanishing point

The concept of the ____________________________ was also implemented in art to give paintings depth or a third dimension.

Humanism; Christianity

The intellectual movement called ______________________ sprang forth. This movement attempted to explain the human experience by melding ________________ with the ancient classical writings of the Greeks and Romans.

Erasmus; Thomas More; Utopia

Two of the more famous humanists were ________________________, a Dutch monk and ____________________, the Lord Chancellor/lawyer who wrote the book called ______________________.