THRART 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: The Living Theatre, Jean Racine, Alexandre Hardy
25 Sep 2017
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Different political background from spain, and england 1500"s full of unrest. Henry the second 1547-1559, married catherine de medici. 1610 louis xiii inherits throne at 9 and marries marie de medici. The marrying of the medicis and the close interconnection between france and italy as a result of marrying the family that basically started the renaissance gives the french renaissance an italian like style and influence. 1402 religious, confrerie de la passion (confraternity of the passion) organized in paris to produce religious plays. Middle of the 1500"s literary group pleide formed to further writing and culture. French plays came from this group based on classical models. Important thing to not from the last half of the 16th century is court entertainment. Catherine de medici ruled in france 1547-1589, enjoyed: royal festivals, court spectacles, and triumphal entries into towns. In the 1560"s she made a two year tour of. France and every town prepared some sort of special event/spectacle/entertainment for her.
