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Excerpt from The Handbook of English Literature
The sixteenth century is distinguished in the earlier half of it by the extended progress of the revival of learning, the completion of the structure of the English language, the increased in?uence of Italian litera ture, and the commencement of the regular drama. It is the age of the Reformation in England, of Luther (d. And of the Marian persecu tions. It is also remarkable for the personal character of the principal European sovereigns: in England, Henry V111. (1509-15 in Scotland, James v. (1513-1515) in Germany, Charles V. (1519 in France, Francis 1. (1515 and at Rome, Leo X. (1513 The latter half of the century is distinguished by the perfection of the drama, and the Works of some of our greatest poets and prose-writers: Elizabeth 1558 1603.
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