RELIGION

THE QUEEN
 Queen Elizabeth I was born from
King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
 Her mother was beheaded when she
was a baby, because she was accused
of adultery and incest.
 Elizabeth reigned for 45 years, from
1558-1603. During her reign, the
period was known as the Golden Age
because of the many achievements
made during the Elizabethan era.
Let’s Take A Closer Look At Politics And
Religion …

Henry VII
 Took the throne in 1485 (ending the Wars of the
Roses)
 Took power away from the feudal barons…goodbye
feudal system!
Henry VIII
 Ascended to the throne in1509 (Successfully
challenged the Pope’s authority over the country)
 Broke from the Roman Catholic Church.
 1535- Established the independent Church of
England (with himself as the Head!)
 He married not once, not twice, but SIX times!!
 Some of these wives died, some he divorced, some he
had killed and one survived.
Troubled Times

 Edward VI (1547-1553) strong Protestant

 Mary I (1553-1558) tried to turn the people back
to Catholicism by a series of bloody executions.
 Locked her sister into the Tower of London
 There was seventeen years difference between their ages. Apart from the age difference
there were many other reasons why Elizabeth and her half sister Mary were not close.
Elizabeth's mother Anne Boleyn was hated by Mary for usurping the place of her mother
Katharine of Aragon as Queen of England.
 On 25 July 1554 Queen Mary married Philip, Prince of Spain. Elizabeth was not invited.
Soon after their marriage Mary Tudor believed that she was pregnant. Elizabeth saw any
hope of her own succeeding to the throne of England moving away from her. However the
pregnancy was a false one.
 Mary was determined to return England to the
Catholic faith. She systematically reversed all the
measures that had been taken to turn England
into a protestant country.
 Over 300 Protestants were burned at the stake
during the reign of Queen Mary I - the historians
of England then referred to her as ‘Bloody Mary’.
 On November 17, 1558 Queen Mary I, Tudor of
England died from cancer.
 Troubled Times Turn Into Good Times…
 Elizabeth I took the throne.
 Got England out of debt
 Stopped wars with Spain
 Sponsored the arts
 whom the era is named after
 Queen Elizabeth never married
nor had children. She said she was
married to her country.
 ELIZABETH I
• Much of Elizabeth’s success was
in balancing the interests of the
Puritans(radical protestants) and
the Catholics. She managed to
offend neither to a large extent.
• England was also well-off
compared to the other nations of
Europe.
 Queen Elizabeth started her
reign at the age of 25.
 Her leadershipallowed
England to prosper. She
changed the country from
backwards to confident. She
grew the nation and increased
the navy that protected
England throughout the
Renaissance.
Daily Life
Working Class Clothing

Jerkin

Doublet

Breeches
The Elizabethan
view of pure
beauty was a
woman with light
hair and a snow
white complexion
complimented with
red cheeks and
lips.
Semi cartwheel High collar figure-of-
ruff with figure-of- eight ruff
eight lace
 Cartwheel ruff Deep figure-of-
Aristocrats eight ruff
with lace
Children’s Clothing
Children Had To Wear The Same Clothes As Adults .
MIDDLE CLASS CLOTHING
Literature
English Expanded Its Vocabulary… Again!

 Influences from Latin and Greek literature,

 Explorers/overseas tradesmen brought lots of new words
from many foreign languages,
 Many writers (like Shakespeare) were inventing new
words Daily.
 At the beginning of the period, England was far
behind the literary progress of France and Italy.
 However, by the end of the Elizabethan Period,
England was in the lead (mostly due to the writings of
Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson,
Sir Philip Sidney and Christopher Marlowe.
POETRY

 During Elizabeth I’s reign, “England was called a nest

of singing birds; every courtier felt it part of his duty to
write poetry;
 SONNET appeared;
 and English poetry was the admiration of all Europe.
 What Is A Sonnet?

 Sonnet is a poetic form that originated in Italy.

It contains fourteen lines using a number of
formal rhyme schemes.
 The main difference between sonnet and poem
is that all sonnets are poems, but not all poems
are sonnets.
 SONNETS

 consists of fourteen lines and follows one of

several set rhyme schemes:
 English (Shakespearean)
 Italian (Petrarchan)
 Spenserian
SONNET VOCABULARY

Quatrain:
 A stanza of four lines.
Octave:
 An eight line stanza.
Sestet:
 The second six-line stanza of the sonnet.
Italian Sonnets (Petrarchan)
The octave rhyming (abbaabba)

Fourteen small broidered berries on the hem

Of Circe’s mantle, each of magic gold;
Fourteen of lone Calypso’s tears that rolled
Into the sea, for pearls to come of them;
Fourteen clear signs of omen in the gem
With which Medea human fate foretold;
Fourteen small drops, which Faustus, growing old,
Craved of the Fiend, to water Life’s dry stem.
…
English Sonnets (Shakespearean)
The Typical Rhyme Scheme Is
Abab Cdcd Efef Gg

When in the chronicle of wasted time

I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhyme
In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty’s best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express’d
Even such a beauty as you master now.
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look’d but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
For we, which now behold these present days,
Had eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
SPENSERIAN SONNET
The Typical Rhyme Scheme Is
ABAB BCBC CDCD EE

 One day I wrote her name upon the strand,

But came the waves and washed it away:
Again I wrote it with a second hand,
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey.
"Vain man," said she, "that dost in vain assay,
A mortal thing so to immortalize;
For I myself shall like to this decay,
And eke my name be wiped out likewise."
"Not so," (quod I) "let baser things devise
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame:
My verse your vertues rare shall eternize,
And in the heavens write your glorious name:
Where whenas death shall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew."
What Were Sonnets Written About?

 Love
 Nationalistic pride
 Man’s potential
 Nature
 Seven deadly sins
 Gluttony, lust, pride, envy, wrath, sloth, and avarice
THE GLOBE THEATER
The bottom/ ground level
was for poor commoners

The first level cost a penny

more and had seats.

The 2nd level was for rich

and royalty. The seats were
cushioned.