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Jonson
Johnson lived in a nearly mythical life. Even
in his physical stature, he seemed a little
larger than life- he was a big man with
boundless energy and enormous courage.
Jonson
Brilliant in his poetry and dangerous in a
duel, a classical scholar and a veteran
soldier, an astute critic and a brassy talker,
Jonson had a colorful, sometimes violent
career that culminated in his reputation as
an esteemed judge of literature
Jonson
The friend as well as the chief rival of
Shakespeare and Donne, he set literary
tastes for a generation of poets.
From bricklayer to poet laureate, his life
story is a true rags to riches tale.
A Poet at War
Adopted in infancy, Jonson worked for his
stepfather, a bricklayer, while attending the
equivalent of high school under a private
tutor.
Too poor to study at a university, Jonson
joined the army and fought in the wars for
Dutch independence from Spain.
The brawny Jonson at one point met an
enemy champion in single combat before
the massed armies of Holland and Spain.
Jonson won.
Scandal and Success
After returning to England, Jonson became
an actor.
Despite his turbulent life- jailed for his part
in a slanderous play, almost hanged for
killing a fellow actor in a duel, and even
A.
The goal of education became
making people
well-rounded.
Renaissance
Gutenberg Bible
B.
Religion remained important,
What Jonson said of Shakespeare can also
but the authority
and some practices
be said of him: He was not of an age, but for of the church began to be
al time.
questioned.
I.
The Renaissance was the period that
followed (brought Europe out of) the Middle
Ages. It was a time of renewed interest in
things of this world.
B.
Michelangelo Buonaroti (1475-1564)
painted (the Sistine Chapel ceiling),
sculptured (David), designed buildings, and
wrote poetry.
C.
Desiderius Erasmus (1469?-1536), a
priest who wrote books, The Praise of Folly
1509, condemned ignorance and
superstition. He believed education could
lead to more perfect societies.
D. Raphael (1483-1520)
E. Titian (1485-1576)
*Baron
F.
William Shakespeare wrote plays
*Castle
showing humans as in God's image, but part
of this world as well.
*County
Shakespeares Hamlet
Renaissance Dance
1st Published-1650-John Playford- English
Dance Master.
* Duke
*Noble
*Government
Renaissance Literature:
Poetry
Middle English
Word endings changed b/c scribes became
lazy
This caused the change in pronunciations
Humanists studied human nature; ones self. -died naturally; mother to Edward VI
Erasmus was the most famous Renaissance Anne of Cleves
humanist.
-divorced
Sir Thomas More was another famous
Catherine Howard
humanist who wrote Utopia.
Both Erasmus and More helped shape
European thought and history.
-beheaded
-only survivor
Catherine Parr
The press (with movable type) was invented -became king at the age of 9 but his
by a German named Johannes Gutenberg
relatives ruled for him.
around 1455.
-died at age 15 from TB.
The first book he printed was the bible (in
-He was followed by
Latin).
The Reformation..
Introducing.
Bloody Mary!
-died of a fever.
Return to Reformation.
The Virgin Queen.
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Hidden Messages.
How fashion impacted the Renaissance Era
Green: love
-Charles II returned