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THE ELIZABETAN AGE - Coggle Diagram
THE ELIZABETAN AGE
LITERATURE (1485–1625)
considered the
Golden Age
of English literature.
Sonnets and Poetry
The sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines
introduced into English poetry by Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, who translated many of Petrarch’s sonnets.
Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
William Shakespeare (1564–1616):
His collection Sonnets (1609) contains 154 sonnets exploring love, the passing of time and the contrast between real and idealised beauty. His style is rich in metaphors and elaborate comparisons
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552–1599):
He published Amoretti (1595) and the allegorical poem The Faerie Queene (1590–1596), which celebrated Queen Elizabeth
Elizabethan Prose
utopian writing, critical essays, romances, religious works, political speeches and travel writing
THOMAS MORE
His Utopia (1516) describes an imaginary island and an ideal society based on peace, reason and harmony. By contrasting this society with Renaissance Europe, More criticised social problems and promoted
tolerance and collective well-being.
BIBLE TRANSLATIONES
The
Tyndale Bible
was influential in the development of English religious language
PHILIP SIDNEY
His Defence of Poesie (1595) defended poetry against religious authorities who criticised it.
RICHARD HAKLUYT
travel writer
THE STUART DYNASTY
The Pilgrim Fathers (1620)
a group of Puritans
left England aboard the Mayflower to escape religious persecution. They reached Massachusetts in North America and established a settlement at Plymouth.
Later, London merchants established a permanent settlement there, where tobacco became an important source of wealth.
The King James Bible (1611)
, James I commissioned a new English translation of the Bible
King James Version (KJV) or Authorised Version
James I (1603–1625)
Elizabeth died childless in 1603 and was succeeded by her cousin James VI of Scotland
Divine Right of Kings
that kings received their authority directly from God and were above Parliament
The Gunpowder Plot (1605)
a group of Catholics planned to kill James I and blow up Parliament because they were unhappy with the treatment of Catholics in England.
The Gund is still used in some Anglican churches.
Their leader, Guy Fawkes, helped place barrels of gunpowder beneath the Houses of Parliament.
ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND (1558–1603)
Trade and Empire
The Spanish Armada (1588)
Mary Queen of Scots
In 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh established a colony on the east coast of North America and named it Virginia, in honour of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen.
In 1600, Elizabeth granted a charter to the East India Company, which developed trade links with Asia and challenged Dutch and Portuguese control of the spice trade
helped begin England’s imperial expansion during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Elizabeth I and the Middle Way