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1、PartII.TheRenaissanceThisisagreatestandmostadvancedrevolutioninthehumanhistory.Thisistheagethegiantsareneededandproduced.------F.EnglesTherenaissanceinEngland?Somemajorhistoricevents:?a.TheWarofRoses(1455-1488)andtheestablishmentofthedynastiesofHenryVIIandVIII
2、—thecentralizedmonarchy.?b.TheEnclosuremovement“sheepdevouredMen”?c.Thereligiousreformation,establishmentoftheAnglicanChurch?d.FlourishingintheElizabethanAge(1558-1603)?e.defeatingtheSpanishInvinciblefleet”Armada”in1588andtheestablishmentofthehegemonyontheseas
3、.?f.Thegeographicalexplorationandtradeexpansionbroughtaboutthegrowthofthecitiesandthedevelopmentofthecapitalisttextileindustry.SectionIHistoricalBackground1.PoliticalandSocial1)Politically,thefeudalnobilitylosttheirpowerandtherewasacentralizationofpowernecessa
4、ryforthedevelopmentofcapitalism2)Religiously,therewasthefar-reachingmovementoftheReformation(HenryVIII)3)Economically,thenationaleconomyofEnglanddevelopedataslowbutsteadypace.4)Militarily,thestrugglebetweenEnglandandSpainoccupiedthelastyearsof16thcentury.2.Cul
5、turalandLiteraryBackground1)Culturally,atotallynewcultureroseoutoftherevivaloftheoldcultureofancientGreeceandRome.2)Literally,therewerethreestagesandtwomaintrendsofLiterature.?ThreeStages?TwomaintreadsThedivisionoftheEnglishrenaissance?a.Budding:thelastyearsof
6、the15-thcentury---firsthalfofthe16-thcenturyb.Flowering:theElizabethanAge(1558-1603)c.Fading:theperiodofJamesI(1603-1625)early17-thcenturyRenaissanceEnglishLiterature(15C-----17C)?TheRenaissanceoriginatedinItalyinthe14-thcenturywhentheart,literatureandideasofa
7、ncientGreeceandRomewerediscoveredandwidelystudiedandcametoafloweryinthe15-thcenturyandlaterspreadtoFrance,Germany,Spain,HollandandBelgiumandEnglandinthe16-thcentury.?thesocietywasinitstransitionfromthefeudalism（medievalperiod）tocapitalism(modernworld).Renaissa
8、nceEnglishLiteratureInsimpleterms,theRenaissanceinEnglandwascausedbythespreadofRenaissancelearningandideologyfromItaly.TheRenaissanceembracednotonlyliterature,butalsoartandarchitec
