Historical Events
Which two religions were very important during the Renaissance in both Italy and England/Scotland?
Catholicism and Protestantism
What was invented in the 1440's, having a huge impact on the renaissance?
The Printing Press
How is a rhyme scheme usually represented?
With capital letters, starting from A: ABAB, etc.
Who is considered a father of the modern Italian language, along with Dante?
Petrarch
Petrarch was crowed ____________ of _________ in 1341.
poet laureate // Rome
What are the approximate dates of the Renaissance in Italy?
1340's - 1550's
What was the war happening in England which delayed the Northern Renaissance?
The War of the Roses.
In Shakespeare's sonnets, before the final couplet, there is a _______ which signifies a change in the attitude of the poet.
volta
In a poem like a ballad, you often have an _______ which pays homage to a prince/patron who financially supported the poet
Thomas Wyatt was a ___________, allowing him to be influenced by lots of different cultures.
diplomat
When was the Golden Age of English Literature, and who was the monarch?
1558-1603, during the reign of Elizabeth I
What is the name of the way society was organized in the middle ages, a system in which nobles had to give money and supply knights to the monarch, and most people were slaves (vassals) who had to work the land?
feudalism
How many lines does a sonnet have? Who brought the sonnet to English?
14, Thomas Wyatt
If you have a line of 5 iambs, how many syllables do you have? What is this poetic meter called?
10 syllables, iambic pentameter
What does the modern term "Renaissance man" mean?
Someone who is good at a lot of things, or who knows about a lot of different subjects. In other words, someone who has wide interests and capacities.
What church did Henry VIII found, and why?
Who immigrated after the fall of Constantinople, and what did they bring with them?
Greek speaking intellectuals, and they brought with them texts of ancient Greek philosophy, thought, political theory, mathematics, astronomy, etc.
What is an iamb?
a poetic foot consisting of one unstressed and one stressed syllable (sounds like a horse's gallop)
How does Petrarch's sonnet form differ from Wyatt's? And from Shakespeare's?
Wyatt: 8 lines, like Petrarch (common: ABBA ABBA); final six lines, end in a couplet (CDCD EE)
Shakespeare: 3 quatrains, one final couplet (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
Where does the epigram form come from? Is it a serious kind of poem?
Ancient Greece. No, it's often witty or sarcastic.
The Fall of _____________ happened in ____________.
Constantinople // 1453
Who can list at least TWO problems Martin Luther pointed out with the Catholic Church?
1. paying of indulgences, i.e. paying to be rid of your sins
2. having masses in Latin, which no one could understand
3. not having the bible translated into vernaculars, meaning normal people could never read them
Which TWO FORMS of poems did Thomas Wyatt take from the French formes fixes?
What is the meter the Petrarch is known for using in his sonnets?
hendecasyllables (stress on penultimate syllable, then on either syllable 4 or 6 in a line)
Thomas Wyatt had had a relationship with which of Henry VIII's wives?
Anne Boleyn