Renaissance Summary and Response

The renaissance was during a time of rebuilding, it occured after the black plague which decimated much of europe's population. During the renaissance people began to turn away from the catholic church. One of the reasons people began to turn away from the catholic church is because they began to intepret the bible for themselves. This is solely responsible for the invention of the printing press, which allowed books to be produced much quicker than the previous way, which forced monks to hand copy.

Another blow to the catholic church was when king henry VII broke away from it. This was not because of religions reasons but more of wanting a son. The pope would not allow him to divorce his wife, so he created the church of england. Later he killed his wife. In all, he killed 2 wives, he also divorced two, One died naturally, and the final out lived the king.

After King henry's death, Mary became queen. Mary , better known as bloody marry, set out to annihilate the catholics, remind you of hitler? She isnt thought of the same way as hitler however, does america love jewish people more than catholics? Regardless, she died, and her sister elizabeth became queen. Death to the Fuhrer.

Elizabeth, whom virginia was named after, ruled england for nearly 45 years. She helped stabilize england, and also restored the church of england. She liked art, and many times traveleled to the globe theatre to watch shakespeares play's. It is speculated that she actually wrote the plays. She died around the same time the renaissance came to an end.

Art, Literature, And theathre flourished during the renaissance and i believe the plague helped this. I think people were depressed from the plague, many drunk to relieve their depression that received from the tragedies of the plauge. I also think were looking for entertainment while in their intoxicated stupor. I think the theatre gave them a good source of entertainment. Even the depressed people who werent intoxicated however could have used the theatre as a way to take their mind off of the plague.