Global Issues

Summary

• Renaissance
• Elizabethan era
• Economic and social issues (clothing and fashion/food)
• Political issues (Spanish Armada)

Introduction

• Shakespeare (1564-1616)
• Renaissance (14th-17th century)

Renaissance

• Rebirth of interest of ancient Greece and Rome
• Humanism
• Printing press - spread of new ideas

Shakespeare in Renaissance

• Characters with psychological complexity
• Allusions to greek and roman mythology

Elizabethan Era
(1558-1608)

Religion

• Protestantism vs Catholicism
• Catholicism (1509 - 1547)
• Protestantism (1558 - 1603)

Economic & Social Issues

• Poverty
• Population Growth
• Rising Prices

Clothing and Fashion

• "Statutes of Apparel" laws (June 1574)
• Clothing was a tool to represent wealth – still a modern day issue

Food

• Availability based on social class
• Still a modern day issue

Political issue: Spanish Armada

• Caused by execution of Queen Mary Scots
• Spanish wanted to invade England
• England won the battle
• England was then considered world class power