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Renaissance lyric ballad
Tudors King Arthur Caxton
Bosworth Field Henry VIII Elizabeth
Protestants Catholics Humanism
Puritans Sidney brazen Nature
wit Isabella Whitney complaint
short measure paradox Mary Herbert
Amelia lanyer heroic sestet ottava rima
Golden Speech    

 

Issues for Consideration:

1. The plot of the Fairy Queen, Book One

2. General characteristics of the Italian Renaissance

3. Role of Arthur in Henry VII's propoganda

4. New learning

5. Role of wit