The Renaissance

The following information is all relevant to the times that my monologue was first written. This will include many beliefs and key facts that were of high importance at the time.

           The Renaissance era began somewhere around the 1500s and went into the mid-1600s.

            The English Renaissance took place during the transition between The Tudors and The Stuarts.

            --> Tudors = King Henry VIII

--> Stuarts- Elizabeth I, Mary (Stuart) Queen of Scots, James I

Elizabeth I

Mary Stuart - Mary Queen of Scots

James I (IV in Scotland)

Renaissance is the French word for ‘Rebirth’.

It symbolises the rebirth of interest in classical period ideas.

It was an important period in time for people learned in science and art.