Renaissance in England

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs English Renaissance
gptkbp:centeredIn gptkb:Cambridge
gptkb:London
gptkb:Oxford
gptkbp:characteristic scientific research
humanism
development of English literature
growth of theatre
revival of classical learning
gptkbp:endDate early 17th century
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:English_Reformation
Elizabethan era
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
drama
prose
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Renaissance in England
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Italian_Renaissance
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:translation_of_the_Bible_into_English_(King_James_Version,_1611)
dissolution of the monasteries
exploration and expansion overseas
publication of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623)
rise of the printing press
establishment of the first permanent theatre in London (1576)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Edmund_Spenser
gptkb:Francis_Bacon
gptkb:John_Donne
gptkb:King_Henry_VIII
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkb:Christopher_Marlowe
gptkb:Sir_Philip_Sidney
Ben Jonson
Sir Thomas More
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:hamlet
gptkb:Utopia
gptkb:Doctor_Faustus
gptkb:The_Faerie_Queene
gptkb:Astrophel_and_Stella
gptkb:Essays_(Francis_Bacon)
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkb:King_James_I
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Middle_Ages_in_England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Northern_Renaissance
gptkb:Reformation
gptkb:Scientific_Revolution
gptkbp:startDate late 15th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tudor_period
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5