Have you ever heard of the English Renaissance? The cultural movement that took place in England between the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries is thus known. The English countryside was one of the last places the Renaissance arrived, as the country was mired in a bloody civil war known as the War of the Two Roses.
However, in the late 1400s, this civil war ended and the Tudor family began to rule the nation. Henry VII invited Italian humanists to join his court, although the arts would not flourish until the reign of Elizabeth I, without which professional theaters could not have been created.
El English Renaissance It did not cover as many areas as Italian, but focused much more on literature, highlighting in this field one artist above the rest: the poet, screenwriter and actor William Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare He was, together with Queen Elizabeth, the main figure of the English Renaissance. He would end up becoming the most famous playwright of his time and one of the most important in history from then on. He wrote immensely popular plays that were attended by thousands of people.