1. The Renaissance

2. Renaissance on the Continent n Public clock in Milan (1335) n Petrarch (1304-1374) – Classicism – Humanism and education – Caroline script – Petrarch’s Academy n Printing press and other technological advances

3. English Renaissance n 1476 -- Caxton’s printing press n 1485 -- Henry VII – end of the Wars of the Roses – first of the Tudors n Great Vowel Shift

4. The Reformation n 1517 - Luther’s 95 Theses n 1533 - Henry VIII’s divorce n 1536 - Calvin’s Institutes n 1537 - first authorized English Bible published n 1560 - Geneva Bible n 1611 - King James Bible

5. England’s Rise n 1547 - Edward VI n 1553 - Mary I n 1554 - Mary marries Philip II of Spain n 1558 - Elizabeth I n 1588 - Spanish Armada n 1607 - Jamestown

6. The Renaissance and English n Latin and Greek borrowings n Increased literacy n Shakespeare n British colonialism