William Shakespeare: The Bard and His Works
By Carla Aira and Paolo Calloni
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Study Guide... William Shakespeare
the Bard and his works
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Historical background
Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan period. The age took the name Elizabethan from Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII's daughter, who ruled from 1558-1603,
Henry VII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. When he died the throne passed into the hands of the elder son Arthur, who soon died in battle. Henry VIII was crowned King of England and had to marry his dead brother’s wife, Catherine of Aragon. The couple had an only daughter, Mary. Henry wanted a son to keep the Tudor line and asked the Pope to get the divorce from Catherine, but she was Spanish, and Spain was a strong supporter of the Church of Rome, so the Pope did not approve. Henry broke with the Catholic Church and created his own church with himself as the head. After Catherine, Henry married six women. The first was Anne Boleyn who gave him another daughter, Elizabeth. She was beheaded under the charge of betrayal and followed by Anne Seymour who gave Henry a son, Edward, but soon after he died. Henry divorced also by Anne of Cleves and made Catherine Howard executed. Only his last wife survived him, Catherine Parr. The last three did not give Henry any heir
There is a sort of rhyme to remember Henry’s wife: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
During the reign of Edward VI, England became a Protestant country, but after his early death, Mary, Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII's daughter, took the power. She restored the Catholic faith to the country and in 1554 she married the heir to the throne of Spain, prince Philip. Spain was an old enemy of England and the idea of an English Queen married to a Catholic Spanish prince caused social troubles. Mary eliminated the Protestant Laws and made Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, execute together with 270 Protestant priests and followers. For this reason she got the nickname of Bloody Mary. As her marriage was loveless and without children, Philip of Spain returned home to become the King of Spain
Mary died in 1558 without an heir and was buried under a pile of stones. Later, the tomb of her sister Elizabeth – Elizabeth I – was built on top of her.
After Mary’s death, her sister Elizabeth came to the throne. She was Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s daughter. Her father had sent her mother to the block when Elizabeth was just two and a half years and she was declared illegitimate. England was an unsettled country. Protestant fought Catholics and there was very little money. With a group of trusted adviser the young queen began to unite her country: she sold land, stopped building new palaces and made peace with her country’s enemies. The quality of life started improving with better housing, heath and education. England became a strong trading nation with towns and ports. A curiosity: to raise money, Queen Elizabeth I put a tax on beards.
Trade improved: men like Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh sailed the world and returned with new discoveries and knowledge.
Under Elizabeth's rule, England reached new economic, military, and cultural power. Her reign was a peaceful one, but she fought a very important war with Spain, when Sir Francis Drake and his fleet of ships met and destroyed the Spanish Invincible Armada in 1588. This victory assured England’s political control of the seas. England’s power and prosperity attracted merchants from every country in the world, and writers, poets, and artists were encouraged under the queen’s intelligent protection.
Queen Elizabeth loved music, jewels and clothes, the theatre and fireworks. She enjoyed meeting her people and often visited towns and the countryside in colourful royal processions. Elizabeth had many admirers but she never married and she died childless in 1603.
Cultural background
origins of the drama
The Medieval tradition of telling stories brought to the birth of the drama.
At first dramas were practised in churches during the mass. The mass is a sort of