The Renaissance (Tudor and Jacobean Literature) (dec 26, 1509 – aug 2, 1625)
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Birth of Anglican ChurchBackgrd: period of economic transition, rise of private ownership which led to the enclosure of much common land, to hardship for rural workers, and to the rise of a middle class born of mercantile wealth. It was against this background T More offered a reflection upon the politics and society of his time
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dec 26, 1509
aug 2, 1625
~ 115 years