Early renaissance
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The renaissance period in England covers the years 1520s-1620s.
The period of the revival is associated with the accession to the throne of the Tudor Dynasty after the battle of the Roses with the Bosworth Field.
In England, unlike in Italy, literature and music dominated the Renaissance.
In that era 1st scholars and humanists appeared and they studied, investigated the antique philosophy, literature.
In Oxford and Cambridge Universities the 1st descendants of the English humanists were trained.
Many new forms of writing were developed.
The most important form of era was development of Theatre.
The 1st English printer was William Caxton (1422-1491). Caxton produced about 80 complete volumes, including Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”, and also found time to work on translations.
Thomas More (1478-1535) was the most outstanding writer of the 1st stage of English Renaissance. His main work “Utopia” was written in 1516 in Latin, international language of those time.
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