Tudor and Stuart Love Songs

About this film

LibriVox recording of Tudor and Stuart Love Songs by John Potter Briscoe. Read in English by Phil Schempf; Lynda Marie Neilson; sdorsch; Ellies; goldberry277; Greg Giordano; Matthew M. Benzing The spirit of reform which was developed during the early part of the sixteenth century brought about a desire on the part of young men of means to travel on the continent of Europe. This was for the purpose of making themselves acquainted with the politics, social life, literature, art, science, and commerce of the various nations of the same, especially of France, Spain, and Italy. These young Englishmen on their return introduced into the society in which they mixed not only the politenesses of these countries, but the wit of Italy, and the character of the poetry which was then in vogue in Southern Europe. Among these travellers during the reign of Henry the Eighth were Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey. These courtiers possessed the poetical faculty, and therefore paid special attention to literary form. As a result they introduced the Sonnet of the Petrarchan type into England. The amorous verse of the inhabitants of these sunny climes took hold of the young Englishmen. Many men o…

Directors & creators

John Potter Briscoe

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;poetry; poem; life; love; sonnet; 1503; 1679; 2019

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