The Tudor Period

The Tudor Period

Unit 3

General Information• Tudor• English• Reformation, impress

Tudor Line• Henry, heirlessness• Henry, divorce, six• Edward• Mary, Bloody• Elizabeth, Bess• -Spanish

Renaissance• Reawakened, culture• -Italy• -science• -humanists• -order***• * Great Chain***• National• -authority• -biblical

Reformation• Religious• Tyndale, Greek• Coverdale

Literature• Printing press• -Eclectic• -Difficult• -Didactic• Courtly, humanistic, Protestant, Wyatt,

More, Tyndale, Cranmer, Foxe

Genres• Simplicity• Sonnet• Sydney• Spenser’s• Drama• *Shakespeare, William Shakespeare

Sir Thomas More• Beheading• Famous• Humanist, reason

About More’s Philosophy• Tyndale• -correctly• -priests

Utopia• Ideal, New World• Slavery• Whole, majority• Peace• no

The English Bible• Tyndale• Geneva• -chapters, verses• Puritans, noblest ****• King James

About William Tyndale• Sun• Informal, common• Full, Great• Flee, Greek, safe• Assistant,

King James

About the Book of Common Prayer

• Marriage, basis, order, order• Theme• English• -Bible• -mass• Cranmer• -Protestant

About the Book of Common Prayer

• Catholics• Cranmer• Moderate• Christian• Submission• ?

About John Foxe• Oxford• Lutheran• Deacon, Ridley• Mary’s• Latin• English• Church• Elizabeth I

About Acts and Monuments• Martyrs• First-hand• -Protestant• -suffer, Satan• Nationalism• Twelve, epic• clear

Latimer and Ridley• Ridley says God will either assuage the

fury of the flame or else strengthen them to abide it. Latimer dies quickly. Ridley is given the strength to endure.

• Truth, sacrifice, survived

• Written• Samson’s

Partner Work• Latimer- ancient, venerable, lean (contempt for

the world and the flesh)• Speech- infrequent, terse, timely, eloquent, can

communicate well with the common people, “homely eloquence”

• Dress: plain, disdain for earthly honor, poor gown made of coarse wool, kerchief

• Conduct: brief colloquial speech, quite• Goods: “gave nothing”• Death: died swiftly

Partner Work• Ridley- fullness of maturity, 55, fat• Speech: voluble, ready, incisive, apt, though showing

human hesitation, enormous learning and gift for disputing

• Dress: richly attired, dressed up to die (appareled for his “marriage”), fine gown with fur trim and velvet hood

• Conduct: bold, eloquent speech• Goods: gave away various articles of clothing and

personal effects• Death: suffered a prolonged death

Latimer and Ridley

Verse Forms of the Elizabethan Period

• Love• Musical, singing

Types of Verse• Musical• Songs• Pastoral, simplicity

English Poetry: Rhyme, Rhythm, and Meter

• Sounds, words• Rhyme (masculine and feminine)• Rhythm• End• Meter• Foot

Feet• Iamb• One• One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight• Natural• Blank• nine