“The modern world as we know it, a world dominated by machinery and inspired by scientific achievements, came out of the period following the industrial and French revolutions of the eighteenth century” (Mills 3). The Renaissance was a period of reformation. New ideas were being invented every day. The Renaissance developed the way we think in today’s world. The Renaissance was a new age of discovery, science, and drama in the middle ages.
The Renaissance was a new age of discovery. It was started in the mid 14th century, The term Renaissance comes from the French word for ‘rebirth’ and refers to the revival of ancient Classical Greek and Roman philosophy, literature, and art, after much was lost during the middle ages. The Renaissance’s cultural changes were closely tied in with the religious, political and economic changes that took place across Europe during the next 300 years, the most significant being the call for the formation of the Catholic Church (Lee-Browne 4).
Henry VII, John Milton, Elizabeth I, James I of England, James VI of Scotland, William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Donne, Sir Philip Sidney, and Edmund Spenser were important people during the Renaissance period. A single most important influence on the English Renaissance was the break of Rome by Henry VII and establishment of the Protestant Church of England. The English translation of the Bible was not printed until the 1530’s. The term “Renaissance humanism” recognized the potential in humanity and celebrated human achievement. The Reformation in Europe was a major protest against the Catholic Church and the political debates that inspired it (Lee-Browne 4-6, 19). Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to a church door in Witt...
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...Christmas were more profitable and likely to attract attention from intelligent audiences. By the mid-1500s the public performances were moved to inn yards, where the audience could stand around the galleries above the yard. There was no permanent playhouse until the 1567. During 1572 the Act of Parliament was passed and required any company of actors to have an endorsement of either one nobleman or two members of the judiciary in order to carry on its trade.
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