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The Renaissance English Literature Renaissance(文艺复兴) Social, cultural and intellectual movement embracing the whole Western Europe First appeared in Italy in the 14th century, with the flowering or flourishing of painting, sculpture and literature representatives: Dante(但丁) (The Divine Comedy); Boccaccio（薄迦丘） (Decameron) Leonardo da Vinci , Michelangelo , Raphael Renaissance（文艺复兴） Rebirth or revival of ancient Greek and Roman culture and civilization It marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world Renaissance in England Economic background Political background Religious background Economic background development of wool trade ↓ Enclosure Movement 圈地运动 (sheep devoured men) ↓ Rich merchants and craftsmen → bourgeoisie ↓ peasants →laborers in towns →proletariat ↓ Conflicts between the ruling and laboring classes Political background Feudalist relations →capitalism Religious background Catholic church (corruption, superstition) ↓ Religious reformation (Martin Luther) ↓ Henry VIII (1531) ↓ Church of England (Anglican church) 1534 Henry 8 ( a Tudor Monarch) Transition from the medieval to the modern world Subordination to the feudalist rule →freedom, independence and individual development A life of superstition(迷信), obscurantism（蒙昧主义） and asceticism （禁欲主义）→to change and exploration of the world, capacity of man, beauty and joy of life Characteristics Economically： development of trade →enclosure movement →uprisings Politically: feudalist relations →capitalism feudal nobility →rising bourgeoisie Religiously: Roman Catholic Church →Church of England; Culturally: interest in God and life after death → significance of man and enjoyment of life Renaissance In essenc