Quiz Guide: Broadview Intro (to lvi)
- Who came up with the term Renaissance? What was he trying to describe?
- The many "renaissances" were connected by several royal prerogatives. In England, what were some of these?
- Under which king did an international culture flourish? How?
- What major events mark the beginning and end (1500 to 1660) of the English "renaissance"?
- What kind of beliefs coincided with "modern" scientific investigation during this period?
Humanism
- How were humanists distinguished from other scholars of the time?
- How was the classical focus of renaissance humanists different from that of medieval scholastics?
- Which famous platonic text said, "Who then will not look with awe upon this our chamelion?" What did he mean?
- What did humanists like Ascham introduce into English writing?
Scientific Inquiry
- How did "pseudosciences" contribute to real science?
- What Indian and Arab innovations were crucial to the growth of the sciences?
- Which English scholar pioneered the inductive (scientific) method?
- Who said, "the sun is lost, and the earth, and no man's wit can well discover him where to look for it"? What did he mean?
- What "humor" came under increased scrutiny in this period? Why?
The Reformation
- What kind of "power" was the reformation about?
- Whose concerns with "indulgences" sparked the Reformation?
- Whom did 16th c. English people consider the antichrist? Why?
- Henry VIII's divorce in 1533 triggered an act of communication and a retaliatory Act of Succession. What were some of its terms?
- What was the first English bible authorized for public use?
- The book features artwork from Stratford's Guild Chapel that was rediscoverd in 1804. What happened to it, and why?
Wales, Scotland, Ireland
- What was the Pale?
- How successful were Henry's and Elizabeth's efforts to colonize Ireland? Give an example.
- What were some terms of the 1652 Act of Settlement?
- What was the Treaty of Edinburgh?
Elizabeth and Gender?
- Which figures were described by Knox as a "monstrous regiment of women"?
- What were the Supremacy Bill of 1559 and the Thirty-nine Articles of 1563?
- How was the ideal of the "king's two bodies" applied to Elizabeth?
- Why was Elizabeth's iconic virginity so important?
- Why was Nashe's "Choice of Valentines" a sign that sexuality was more complex than it first appears?
Homoeroticism and Transgendering
- Who were the first literary figures we know of to write "openly and unequivocally homoerotic literature"? Give an example.
- A "transgendered protagonist" was a comon literary motif of the period. Give an example.