AG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Tragicomedy, Thomas Kyd, Sith
21 Jul 2020
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Session 2: early modern drama: key historical and cultural developments of the early modern period (1485-1660, tudor sovereignty (1485-1603) An era of relative stability after the wars of the roses. Wars of roses: series of conflicts between 2 branches of the plantagenet (normans) dynasty (1455-1485): house of lancaster vs. house of york; fighting for supremacy. Richard iii (house of york) was defeated at the battle of bosworth field by the earl of richmond (henry tudor, henry vii) Henry vii: descended from branch of house of lancaster, married elizabeth of. York union of the two houses, rise of house of tudor. Elizabeth i = henry vii"s granddaughter (5th and last tudor monarch; succeeded by the house of stuart) Emblems: white rose house of york, red rose house of lancaster, red + white mixed rose merging of the two feuding houses emblem of the tudors. Shakespeare"s play richard iii: written during reign of henry vii"s granddaughter elizabeth i.
