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SPittis - The Renaissance in England and the sonnet
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RENAISSANCE IN ENGLAND (1485-1625)


The Elizabeth Age: golden period in English History - flowering of
English literature, poetry and theater.



 

  • Henry VII = first Tudor king - 1485.



  • Henry VIII = six marriage (Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane.



  • Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine howard, Catherine Parr) - 1509/1547.



  • Edward VI - 1547/1553.



  • Mary I "Bloody Mary" - she married her cousin Phillip II -
    1553/1558.



  • Elizabeth I - unmarried - 1558/1603.



  • rise of the great English navy - 1588 (decline of Spain after the
    attack to England, which became a great sea power).



  • James, son of Mary, Queen of Scots - 1603/1625.