History 2405E Lecture : Lecture 46 – The Tudor Age- Society & Culture
15 Mar 2012
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Lecture 46 the tudor age: society & culture. Age of the renaissance of the 15th-16th centuries. More significant on the continent, but england did catch up with continental achievements: was external recognition of england"s achievements. Literacy rates, scientific discoveries, exploring the new world, visual arts, etc. Monasteries were dissolved and goods taken to london and melted down during reign of henry viii and edward vi. Iconoclasm: paintings of saints, etc. were removed because it was believed that you didn"t need images or relics between you and god: meant destruction of artistic masterpieces. Mob in oxford burned books of math because they thought it was magic, almost did the same for books of greek. Elizabethan period was a recovery: development of large country houses instead of defensible castles. Hardwick hall: tribute to the stability of the tudor period, didn"t need a dwelling that was heavily fortified. Hans holbein the younger: from augsburg, germany.
