English Renaissance

One of the most influential inventions of the Renaissance era, the printing press has helped shape the way humans read and write for centuries. It has made enormous contributions to the Renaissance era, allowing for widespread type of all literature and mass production of literature for all to read. It has also allowed for scientists to spread their ideas and experiments with each other in an accurate fashion. The Protestant Reformation, started by Martin Luther, had a huge impact on the…

The political structure of medieval England. The medieval period in English history – often termed the middle or dark ages - began c.400 AD and ended with the beginning of the Renaissance period in c.1400 AD (History.com). This period of English history is often defined as the dark ages due to a general lack of knowledge, due to the lack of writing from this period that survives and can be deciphered. The political and social structure of that time was that of feudalism. In this essay, I will…

The age of the Elizabethan era was a very important era in English history that is often depicted as the golden age. The Elizabethan era was a time to which many great people and other types of things. One of these things was the architecture, and the uniqueness of the style that it follows. The aspects of these homes and architecture come from the style, the way these buildings or homes were built, and the decorations that were used. First, the time of the Elizabethan era and the styles…

All history seems to build on itself, and political history in Europe is no different. From the Renaissance and the birth of new monarchies, through the rise of absolutism, political ideas have evolved and changed. The year 1648 marked the start of a new political period in Europe, largely due to the rise of absolute rulers and the increased effects of mercantilism on politics, however, as like before, issues of religion continued to influence the government and politics, causing this turning…

During the Renaissance, the importance of education was realized as more and more children were enrolled in school in order to develop more well-rounded youths, including girls as the roots of gender equality grew, but the rising importance of school wouldn 't go without criticism. Because of the changes in the typical family life from the Black Death, families started to push for their children to become better educated. A normal Renaissance education was based off a humanist curriculum,…

During the 16th century, composers focused mainly on church music since the Renaissance in England started much later than in the rest of Europe. The most popular secular music style was the partsong until innovative composers such as Thomas Tallis and William Byrd paved way beyond three- and four-part homophonic pieces. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585) and William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623) were versatile composers who wrote for the Catholic, Anglican, and Puritan churches alike. Tallis, best known…

Introduction “In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King.” This well known and often quoted phrase is attributed to Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, or Erasmus of Rotterdam, a 16th-century Dutch Renaissance humanist. The saying is worth a closer look and if you can imagine the power of someone who, among others who are disadvantaged or have a disability of some kind, the one who is least disadvantaged or has the least disability is regarded as the one who can make the greatest…

YOU IRREPLACEABLE YOU: RESEARCH EXERCISE IN RENAISSANCE ART For this research exercise assignment, the work and artist I chose was Madonna of the Orange Tree by Cima da Conegliano. All appropriate attachments for the sections are located before the bibliography in order of how they have been referenced in the following text. 1. Catalogue Raisonné a. I went to the UTM Library in order to view and scan the catalogue raisonné for the artist Cima da Conegliano, which I found in the course…

weariness of everyday people’s lives, to the battles and wars fought by knights. ”There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages”-Lytton Strachey. This period, after the fall of the western Roman Empire and before the Renaissance, was when no progress was made in culture or education because of the lack of a central government. This crisis in the government caused people to focus their attention on survival. For this reason, the quality of life of the citizens…

The Notre Broad Church Paris or Notre Lady de Paris (Signifying 'Our Woman of Paris' in French) is a Gothic house of prayer situated in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France, It has its primary access toward the west. The Notre Broad Church with its models and recoloured glass windows demonstrate the substantial impact of naturalism, not at all like that of prior Romanesque building design. It was one of the first Gothic houses of prayer, and its development occurred all through the…