Questions!

 1. What was The Battle of Bosworth Field?

The battle of Bosworth is one of the most important battles in English history. It led to the War of the Roses and planted the Tudor house on the throne of England. Fought on August 22, 1485. The Wars of the Roses were a series of bloody civil wars for the throne of England between two competing royal families: the House of York and the House of Lancaster.

1.2. What did the Tudor Dynasty represent to the English Culture?

The visual culture of Tudor England is a rich blend of Continental Renaissance Classicism and native English Medieval traditions. It encompasses the visual arts like painting and architecture, as well as new developments in print culture, performance, and pageantry.

3. What did the invention of printing represent to the English culture and to the entire world?

The printing press facilitated the expansion of English vocabulary, the regularisation of inflection and syntax, and a widening gap between the spoken and the written word. It helped to create a wider literature reading public.

4. What was the Reformation of the English Church?

In England, the creation of an independent national church was directly powered by political events. In 1527 Henry VIII attempted to obtain a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. When the Pope would not comply, Henry adopted a solution suggested by his advisor Thomas Cromwell that he takes the title of Supreme Head of the English Church.

3.2. How was Henry VIII, from the Tudor Dynasty connected with that process of Reformation?

Henry VIII was the king of England (1509–47). He broke with the Roman Catholic Church and had Parliament declare him supreme head of the Church of England, starting the English Reformation because the pope would not annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. He wanted to remarry and produce a male heir.

4. How was the modern man of the English Culture characterized in

Renaissance period?

The dominant art forms of the English Renaissance were literature and music.

Visual arts in the English Renaissance were much less significant than in the Italian Renaissance.

What did the men wear? Men wore colorful tights or stockings with a shirt and coat. Women wore gowns comprised of a tight-fitting bodice and a fuller skirt that would hang down to the ankles.

5. What was the Great Vowel Shift and what did it represent to the English language?

The Great Vowel Shift refers to a set of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that began in southern England in 1350 and lasted until the 18th century. The shift affected the pronunciation of all Middle English long vowels. Additionally, the Great Vowel Shift significantly influenced English phonology and resulted in the switch from Middle English to Modern English.

The term "Great Vowel Shift" was coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen, who studied the changes in English pronunciation.

6. Who was Francis Bacon and what was his connection with Shakespeare?

Francis Bacon (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English Renaissance statesman and philosopher, best known for his promotion of the scientific method.

Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship.

It holds that Sir Francis Bacon, philosopher, essayist, and scientist, wrote the plays which were publicly attributed to William Shakespeare.

7. Who was John Milton? Why was his work so important to the English

language?

John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. John Milton's most important contribution to English literature was Paradise Lost, widely regarded as the greatest epic poem in the English language.