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1599: Summer

Invisible Armada

  • By mid-July, how many Spanish were rumored to be attacking?
  • What rumors did Henry Wake report about the Queen?
  • What were loyal English Catholics called, and how were they dealt with in the summer of 1599?
  • Who else were feared to have joined forces with the Spanish?
  • How many Englishmen were mobilized and brought to London?
  • What precautions were taken against a night-time sneak attack?
  • How did shipwright Ayde suggest defending the Thames from invasion?
  • What factors contributed to sending the subjects home on August 20, 1599? How long did that last?
  • Who believed the "entire tale" was done to keep Essex from invading England with an Irish army? What name did he give to the fictional invasion?
  • In 1598, a Kentish laborer was charged with what crime?

Passionate Pilgrim

  • How many sonnets did Shakespeare, himself, publish during his lifetime, and when did he publish them?
  • Who published A Passionate Pilgrim, and which Shakespearean works did it contain?
  • What style of poetry was Shakespeare best known for in 1599?
  • What poem by Marlowe in A Passionate Pilgrim was attributed to Shakespeare?
  • How many sonnets might Shakespeare have written on a single page?

Simple Truth Suppressed

  • What did Shakespeare's contemporaries think about As You Like It?
  • What strategy did Shakespeare use to keep publishers like Jaggard from lifting his sonnets from As You Like It?
  • What was the source for As You Like It (author and title) and where was it written?
  • Give an example of the "overdone Petrarchism" that defines As You Like It's source.
  • What was sponsalia per verba de futuro?
  • What play satirized Shakespeare's coat of arms and his Julius Caesar?
  • Who would have played Touchstone in As You Like It?
  • How was As You Like It a response to competition from boy's companies?
  • Why might Shakespeare have included the Masque of Hymen? What did it borrow from a performance of Julius Caesar?
  • What were the words on the sign outside the Globe?

Forest of Arden

  • Who was William Greenaway?
  • On his way to Stratford in the 1590s, what signs of devastation might Shakespeare have seen?
  • On his way to Stratford in 1599, which individuals might Shakespeare have seen?
  • What factors might have caused the Stratford fires of 1594 and '95?
  • How often would Shakespeare have performed his plays in Stratford? Why?
  • What was one agricultural source of Shakespeare's wealth, and what was its signficance to his neighbors?
  • What was a purlieu?
  • With which legal proceedings was Shakespeare involved in 1599?
  • What was Chancery court?
 
Dr. Mary Adams, instructor
last updated 16-jan-20