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The Renaissance Period;;King Henry VIII of the Tudor House (1509-1547);Queen Elizabeth (Tudor) (1558-- 1603) “Balance” the rising middle class feudal lords Protestants Catholics 1588 English navy Spanish navy;The word “Renaissance” means revival or rebirth, and in this particular context, it means the revival of arts and sciences of ancient Greece and Rome after long years of neglect in the medieval time. “Renaissance, therefore, in essence, is a historical period…. Roman Catholic Church.” Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.;Humanism: Humanism is both the keynote of the Renaissance and the intellectual liberation movement. The humanists took interest in human life and human activities and gave expression to the new feeling of admiration for human beauty, human achievement. ;Chief Achievements 1.Poetry: prosperous “a nest of singing birds” sonnet 2. Drama: Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Shakespeare blank verse London centre of drama performance;England’s Golden Age in Literature ;Edmund Spenser (1552-- 1599);The Faerie Queene incomplete English epic poem;This masterpiece is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth. Spenser plans 12 books, each one with a hero standing for a different moral virtue. Largely symbolic, the poem follows several knights in their adventures to test their virtues: Holiness, Friendship, Justice, Courtesy, etc. The two main characters that serves as the unity of the book are Arthur Gloriana.;Comments on him: Spenser was the greatest non-dramatic poet of the Elizabethan Age. Spenser has been called the “poets’ poet”, because of his idealism, his love of beauty, and his exquisite melody. Spenser has exerted great influence on later poets. ;Christopher Marlowe (1564--1593);Marlowe’s Education;Representative works:;Achievements: Marlowe’s greatest achievement lies in that he perfected the blank verse and made it the principal medium of English drama. His second achievement is his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama. His work paved the wa