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The Renaissance (UK: / r ɪ ˈ n eɪ s ən s / rin-AY-sənss, US: / ˈ r ɛ n ə s ɑː n s / ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) [1] [2] [a] is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Renaissance – cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era , but since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform across Europe, this is a general use of the term.
The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England during the late 15th, 16th and early 17th centuries. [1] It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century.
A History of Modern Europe: From the Renaissance to the Present (3rd ed. 2009, 2 vol), 1412 pp. Mowat, R. B. History of European Diplomacy, 1451–1789 (1928) 324 pp. online free; Nussbaum, Frederick L. The triumph of science and reason, 1660–1685 (1953), Despite the narrow title is a general survey of European history. Parker, Geoffrey.
1485: Thomas Malory composes Le Morte d'Arthur: Perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English. 1485: August 22: Battle of Bosworth Field. Richard III dies in battle, and Henry Tudor becomes king of England; last shift of Houses/kingship during the War of the Roses. 1487: June 16: Battle of Stoke. Marks end of the War of the ...
The Renaissance (Europe, c. 1300 – c. 1601) Early modern period (Europe, 1453–1789) Age of Discovery (or Exploration) (Europe, c. 1400 – 1770) Polish Golden Age (Poland, 1507–1572) Golden Age of Piracy (1650–1730) Tudor period (England, 1485–1603) Elizabethan era (England, 1558–1603) Stuart period (British Isles, 1603–1714)
1485 – 1555 Polish Clément Janequin: c. 1485 – 1558 French Maistre Jhan: c. 1485 – 1538 Italian Early madrigalist, active at Ferrara Hugh Aston: c. 1485 – 1558 English Robert Carver: 1485 – 1570 Scottish Wrote a mass on L'Homme armé (the only known by a British composer) and a nineteen-part O bone jesu: Nicholas Ludford: c. 1485 ...
Duffy, Eamon. "The English Reformation After Revisionism", Renaissance Quarterly 59.3 (2006): 720–31. Elton, G.R. Modern Historians on British History 1485–1945: A Critical Bibliography 1945–1969 (1969), annotated guide to 1000 history books on every major topic, plus book reviews and major scholarly articles. online