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第3章英国资产阶级革命时期3.1 复习笔记Ⅰ. Background Knowledge（背景知识）The harmonious collaboration between Queen Elizabeth and the Parliament which represented the interest of the bourgeoisie was intensified at the end of Elizabeth’s reign. As JamesⅠ and Charles Ⅰ came to throne, the conflict between the monarch and the Parliament became more and more severe. In 1642, the English Bourgeois Revolution broke out. King Charles Ⅰ was beheaded in 1649, and the war ended. Monarchy was abolished. England was declared a commonwealth, i.e., a republic.After the death of Cromwell, the Parliament recalled Charles Ⅱ to England in 1660. Then followed the Restoration period. When James Ⅱ threatened to restore the old absolute monarchy, the bourgeoisie expelled him and invited William, Prince of Orange, from Holland, to be King of England in 1688. This was called “Glorious Revolution”, after this revolution, the state structure of England was settled, within which capitalism could develop freely.伊丽莎白女王和代表资产阶级利益的议会之间良好的合作在她统治的最后几年变得紧张起来。
第3章乔叟时期(1350～1400)3.1 复习笔记Ⅰ. Historical background（历史背景）Two important historical events happened during the century in which Chaucer lived and their influence can be detected in the writings of Chaucer and Langland. The first was the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, starting from the reign of Edward the Third (1327～1377) and ending during the reign of Henry the Sixth (1421～1471). It was a series of wars fought between the English kings and the French kings for the French throne. The second historical event was the peasant uprising of 1381, during the reign of King Richard the Second. This peasant uprising was the direct result of exploitation and oppression of the peasants by the feudal lords.在乔叟生活的年代，发生过两件大事，它们的影响力可以在乔叟和朗格兰的作品中见到。
第一件大事是英法百年战争，始于爱德华三世统治时期（1327～1377），终于亨利六世时期（1421～1471）。
Chapter 3Directions: Please fill in the following blanks with appropriate information.1.The _________________ refers to the cultural movement from the 14th to the 17th century.It is considered the bridge between the ______________ Ages and modern history. (Renaissance; Middle)2.The Ren aissance began in Florence, Italy. It means the ______________ or revival of the European culture through the rediscovery of classical Greek culture. (rebirth)3.In essence, the Renaissance is a historical period in which the European humanist thinkers and scholars tried to get rid of the old ___________ ideas in medieval Europe, to introduce new ideas that expressed the interests of the rising bourgeoisie (middle class), and to recover the purity of the early ___________ from the corruption of Roman Catholic church. (feudalist; church)4.___________ is the essence of Renaissance. Its philosophical foundation is the belief that “Man is the measure of all things”. It praised human nature and emphasized the dignity of human beings and the present life. Humanists believed that man had the right to enjoy life and had the ability to perfect himself and perform wonders. (Humanism)5.___________and drama were the most outstanding literary forms of the Renaissance. (Poetry)6.In England, the sixteenth century marked the beginning of the English Renaissance. The major figures were ______________, Christopher Marlowe, Edmund Spenser, Sir Thomas More, Francis Bacon and a number of humanist scholars. (William Shakespeare)7.Thomas More’s best-known work is _____________. It is a picture of an ideal non-Christian state where everybody lives a simple life, shares the goods in common, possesses a good knowledge of Latin, fights no war and enjoys full freedom in religious belief. (Utopia)8.Christopher Marlowe was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. A chief member of the group known as the ___________________, Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day, who greatly influenced William Shakespeare. (University Wits)9.___________________ was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queen,an epic poem celebrating Elizabeth I. (Edmund Spenser)10.William Shakespeare produced a whole series of historical plays, _________________ and comedies: such as Henry V, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night. (tragedies)11.Ben Jonson’s comment on __________________________’s achievement is: “He was not of an age, but for all time!” (William Shakespeare)12.William Shakespeare’s great tragedies include ________________, Othello, King Lear, and ________________. (Hamlet; Macbeth)13.In “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”, “thee” means “____________”. (you)14.In “But thy eternal summer shall not fade”, “thy” means “____________”. (your)15.“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this and this gives life to thee” istaken from William Shakespear e’s ____________________. (Sonnet 18)16.The rhyme scheme in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18is________________________________. (a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g)17. A typical Shakespearean sonnet has ____________ lines of iambic pentameter and ends in a rhymed ____________. (14; couplet)18.“To be, or not to be: that is the question”is taken from William Shakespeare’s tragedy ____________. (Hamlet)19.“Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability”is taken from Francis Bacon’s __________________. (Essays)20.“Some books ar e to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” is taken from ________________________’s Essays. (Francis Bacon)1，_________________指的是从第十四到第十七世纪的文化运动。
