4.renaissance.pptVIP

* English Renaissance * The Renaissance (from French: ri- again and nascere-birth) was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Florence in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. * As a cultural movement, it encompassed a flowering of literature, science, art, religion, and politics, and a resurgence of learning based on classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform. Mona Lisa * Traditionally, this intellectual transformation has resulted in the Renaissance being viewed as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Modern Era. * The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the early 16th century to the early 17th century, closely associated with the pan-European Renaissance. David I. Social Backgrounds i. politics: the absolute monarchy * Henry VII (1485-1509) founded the Tudor dynasty. * Henry VIII (1509-1547) announced the break with Rome, suppressed the monasteries and confiscated the property of the Church. * Queen Mary(1553-1558) carried out ironfisted conduct. * Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603) put into action compromising reforms. Henry VIII Bloody Mary ii. The rising of bourgeois economy ① the Enclosure Movement * to turn the arable land into pasture “sheep devoured man” -Thomas More * the early proletarians ② the commercial expansion * the progress in industry stimulated the commercial expansion abroad. America and other distant countries. * Queen Elizabeth’s enlightened policy iii. The English Bible The Latin Bible * Before the Reformation, the Latin Bible was dominating the Catholic churches. * the first complete English Bible was translated by John Wycliffe. * the Authorized Version (1611, James I) * The Authorized Version greatly influenced Eng