English Renaissance

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The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England during the late 15th, 16th and early 17th centuries.^[1] It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century. As in most of the rest of Northern Europe, England saw little of these developments until more than a century later within the Northern Renaissance. Renaissance style and ideas were slow to penetrate England, and the Elizabethan era in the second half of the 16th century is usually regarded as the height of the English Renaissance. Many scholars see its beginnings in the early 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII.^[2] Others argue the Renaissance was already present in England in the late 15th century.

Renaissance
The School of Athens (1509–1511) by Raphael
Aspects
Architecture Dance Fine arts Greek scholars Humanism Literature Magic Music Philosophy Science Technology Warfare
Regions
England France Germany Italy Poland Portugal Spain Scotland Northern Europe Low Countries
History and study
Age of Discovery Continuity thesis High Renaissance
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The English Renaissance is different from the Italian Renaissance in several ways. The dominant art forms of the English Renaissance were literature and music. Visual arts in the English Renaissance were much less significant than in the Italian Renaissance. The English period began far later than the Italian, which was moving into Mannerism and the Baroque by the 1550s or earlier.