Geoffrey Chaucer (1340s – 1400)
The House of Lancaster (1399 )
1476 William Caxton crea la primera imprenta de Inglaterra.
1497 John Cabot explora la costa norteamericana.
1509 Enrique VIII sucede en el trono.
Catalina de Aragon
Ana Bolena
Sir Thomas Moro (1478–1535)
La autoridad papal en Inglaterra es abolida; el monarca se convierte en Jefe supremo de la Iglesia de Inglaterra.
La transición entre Enrique VIII y Elizabeth I fue complicada y determinante para el futuro de América y Europa
John Taverner (1490–1545),
Thomas Tallis, (c.1505 –1585)
William Turner (1509/10 – 1568)
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- William Byrd (c.1543 – 1623)
1558 Isabel I comienza su reinado de 45 años.
Guy Fawkes ( 1570 – 1606)
Maria Estuardo
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Sonet 12
When I do count the clock that tells the time, A
And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; B
When I behold the violet past prime, A
And sable curls, all silvered o’er with white; B
When lofty trees I see barren of leaves, A
Which erst from heat did canopy the herd, B
And summer’s green all girded up in sheaves, A
Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard, B
Then of thy beauty do I question make, A
That thou among the wastes of time must go, B
Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake A
And die as fast as they see others grow; A
And nothing ‘gainst Time’s scythe can make defence B
Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence. B