Renaissance
Sarah
Annie
Important events
1534 Henry VIII breaks from the
Roman Catholic church
1562 French religious wars begin
between the Catholics and protestants
1564 William Shakespeare is born
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed
1599 Original Globe Playhouse built
Authors of the Time Period
Anonymous- “Everyman” and other miracle
and morality plays
Shakespeare-Sonnets, plays, etc….
Chaucer- Canterbury Tales
Spenser- “Farie Queen”
Marlow-Doctor Faustus
Donne-poety
John Lyly-”Euphues, or Anatomy of Wit”