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British Entertainment in the 16th century included art, fencing, painting, the stocks and even executions.. While the 16th century and early 17th century squarely fall into the Renaissance period in Europe, that period was not only one of scientific and cultural advance, but also involved the development of changing forms of entertainment – both for the masses and for the elite.
The Church was a major influence for music in the 16th century. The Puritans wanted to do away with all church music, but the will of the people to sing only made it more predominant. [4] Many composers that wrote for the church also wrote for the royalty. The style of the church music was known as choral polyphony.
Many scholars see its beginnings in the early 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII. [2] Others argue the Renaissance was already present in England in the late 15th century. The English Renaissance is different from the Italian Renaissance in several ways. The dominant art forms of the English Renaissance were literature and music.
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