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The Renaissance Period;English Renaissance Historical Background;General Introduction;The word Renaissance means revival, specifically in this period of history, revival of interest in ancient Greek and Roman culture. Renaissance, therefore, in essence, was a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars made attempts to get rid of conservatism in feudalist Europe and introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie, to lift the restrictions in ail areas placed by the Roman church authorities.;During the period of Renaissance, old sciences revived and new sciences emerged, national languages and national cultures free from the absolute control of the Papal教皇 authority in Rome took shape and art and literature flourished as never before. The absolute authority of the Roman Catholic Church was shaken and people in Europe came to a new awareness which was to help shape what Europe is today.;Features of Renaissance;Humanism;Utopia;Edmund Spenser (1552-1599);Spenserian Stanza;Sonnet;Sonnet 30 My Love Is Like To Ice;Christopher Marlowe(1564-1593);Blank verse;drama;The tragical history of Doctor Faustus;The tragical history of Doctor Faustus; England hath long been mad, and scarr’d herself:The brother blindly shed the brother’s blood;The father rashly slaughter’d his own son;The son, compell’d, been butcher to the sire.All this divided York and Lancaster... —William Shakespeare, Richard III;; Lancaster York Henry VII;the navigational tools ;maritime exploration ;;The Enclosure Movement;Enclosure of Land;The defeat of Spanish Armada;The War with Spain ;The Hundred Years’ War;MAP 1: Who ruled where in 1328:English King Edward III held lands mainly in Aquiraine, the rich wine-growing province around Bordeaux in SW France.;MAP 2: By 1382, Richard II has lost most of the French lands won by his grandfather Edward III;MAP 3: 1430 - th