things pointed out from text:
English not widely spoken at beginning of 16th century
not many works written in English
England not that important of a country
literature became public forum
one of the most coveted positions was to clean the toilet for the king
people upset that king thought he could be head of state and religion
if you weren't going to church or were catholic, you were heavily fined

theocracy
god's law reigns
god's law based on reason, eternal
terrified that world order might be upset
chaos == cosmic anarchy

ladder of being, all classes of being lead up to man
angels above man
chain of being is also a ladder, leads man to god
links in chain, geocentric
nature is tool of god
angels and ether, above earth
stars and fortune - responsible for vagaries siguated beneath the level of the moon
elements: earth, cold/dry, is heaviest and lowest, water, cold/moist, air, hot/moist, fire, hot/dry is highest
earth -> melancholy
water -> phlegm
air -> blood
fire -> choler(anger)

queen elizabeth info:
affair with anne bolyn during first marriage
anne had girl, henry mad, henry smash!
liz was raised/educated as protestant
became queen at 25
much pressure to produce male heir to continue tudor line
always claimed married to country
efficient ruler

golden speech
title from puritan's notes of speech
similar to state of union
addressing parliament
ridicule because of monopolies
blah blah blah

female monarch in a male world
her rulership was timeless and perfect
her gender was not important
worshipping of queen
idea of love for the queen
she had a horrible temper
obvious she was henry VIII's daugher when she was pissed off


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well educated
never meant to marry, b/c it would take away her independence
she could get away with it
that time period was in love with its past