ENGL300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: London Evening Standard, Geneva Bible, Bishops' Bible
19 Apr 2016
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Now we get the start of the protestant reformation. King is the supreme head of the church. Excommunicated because she didn"t return england to rome. Mary queen of scots- make her son james 6 the king. James the 6 of scotland- comes to england after elizabeth the first dies. He brings a lot of scottish nobility with him. Become well entrenched in the english court to hope to be high in court. They start sending their children to english schools to learn english. Two way process of imports and exports of language barber 236. 1605- gunpowder treason- plotters plan to assassinate the king and family and blow up the court. King james bible- james didn"t like the notes that were attached to the geneva bible. It is a revision of the great bible. It is the basis of the authorized version of the king james bible. This becomes the official accepted bible of the time.
