THE CANTERBURY TALES
The Canterbury Tales is about thirty pilgrims, who are going to the shrine of Thomas Backet in Canterbury
Cathedral. Pilgrimages were a social event, a spiritual journey but also fun --> characters are modelled on
real people, in the pilgrimages the middle class: kings, barons, church people went there.
of the feudal world involved in the wool trade
The characters --> realistic describe, based on realistic social groups, they are social type, they have
individual characteristics also
The pilgrimage --> purification of the soul, opportunity to meet other people, opportunity of travel
The society was developing into a more mobile society
TUDOR PERIOD
Is the period when there is a revolution from the Middle Ages to modernity, and some features that
distinguish these eras are: 1) The independence of the state so free from external forces such as the church
2) The reform, which leads to the independence of the pope and the birth of the
AAnglican Church
3) The rise of a new social class which is the merchant class
4) A new navel power with fleet and navy
5) The parliament institution very important
KING IN THE TUDOR PERIOD
- Henry VII put and to the war of Roses.
increase the power of its position with: - A treaty with France -With a trade a g r e
aagreement with the Netherlands -Whit a marriage between his heir and a p r I n c
pprincess.
- Under Henry VII the monarchy became stranger, and England progressed and became a moder
- Henry VIII called the “Golden Prince” thanks to his natural good looks and his ability.
he married Catherine of Aragon
broke with Rome and became the “supreme head on Earth of the church of England”.
Because the pope refused the annulment of his marriage
- Edward VI He never reigned in his own right.
He died at fifteen years old.
- Mary I only child of Henry VIII
She wanted to restore a papal obedience.
She made a lot of persecutions, and her nickname became “Bloody Mary”.
ELIZABETH I
-Became queen of a divided nation: the majority of which was anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish
-She had a strong personality, and she was very intelligent, she spoke a lot of languages
-She avoided both extreme: Catholicism and puritans she chooses the Anglicanism
-She welcomes the merchants and middle classes the wool making trade
-She does a marriageability to avoid a war she controls France and Spain by looking for a husband
between French and Spain
SPAIN enemy of England because of religious aspect Spain is a catholic country
Give to all the protestants groups economic and military support they rebels against Spain
