The Renaissance
The meaning of the word Renaissance
What is rebirth?
This is how many wives I had.
What are six?
I am the wife of Henry the VII (and mother of Henry VIII)
Who is Elizabeth of York?
The meaning of anthropocentric.
What is focus on mankind.
I wrote Utopia.
Who is Thomas More?
I began in this country (and century)
What is Italy in the 14th C.?
These are the names of my first three wives.
Who are Catherine of Aragon, Anne Bolyen and Jane Seymour?
I ruled for 9 days.
Who is Lady Jane Grey?
An important factor in the spread of new ideas.
What is bookprinting/the democratisation of knowledge.
This is what Utopia literally means.
What is 'Nowhereland’ or ‘the land that doesn’t exist’?
This is why I started much later in England.
What are economic factors?
These are the names of my other 3 wives.
Who are Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr.
I claimed the thrown after Edward (and the other 9 day ruler).
Who is Bloody Mary?
I advocated for a heliocentric theory of the universe.
Who is Copernicus?
In modern English this is what the word Utopia means.
What is an unattainable perfect society?
This is why Italian cities were rich.
What are trade, the fall of Constantinople, refugees, knowledge and books?
I am the mother of Elizabeth the First.
Who is Anne Boleyn?
This was seen as a sign from God!
People were encouraged to live by this motto.
What is Memento Mori/remember that you are mortal?
In the 2nd book of Utopia Gold and Silver this is what Gold and Silver are used for.
What are chamber pots and slave chains?
The most influential Italian Renaissance writers.
Who were Boccaccio, Petrarca and Dante?
This is the year in which I started my own church because I wanted to marry my second wife.
When is 1533?
I ruled after Elizabeth I.
Who is King James I of England/VI of Scotland?
Who are Milton, Shakespeare and Spenser?
This is what rural household in Utopia looks like.
What are 40 men and women, 2 slaves, and a master and mistress?