Anglophone Civilization I

For the students of ANGLOPHONE CIVILIZATION I (Licenciatura en la Enseñanza de la Lengua Inglesa, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia)

: Name: Ronald Perry; Location: Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia

BA Fine Arts - Kutztown State U., MA Didáctica del Inglés - U. de Caldas, Professor Asociado - U. Tecnológica de Pereira (1994 - present)

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Trailer from "Elizabeth: the Golden Age"

Labels: The woman executed is Mary "Queen of Scots". Her son will become King James I

Scene from "Elizabeth" (#2): Mary I spares Elizabeth's life and agrees to name her as successor

Labels: "Bloody" Mary is married to Phillip II of Spain, but the marriage treaty stipulates that Phillip will never be England's king.

Scene from "Elizabeth" (#1): Mary I orders heretics to be burned and her half-sister, Elizabeth, to be arrested

Labels: The real Mary I ("Bloody Mary") was fanatical and "aburridora" but probably not as ulgy as she is presented here.

Scene from "Queen Jane": Lady Jane Gray is condemned to death

Labels: Jane Gray ruled as Queen for only 9 days and then was executed by order of Mary I

Scene from "The Tudors" (#9): Anne Boleyn's execution

Labels: Anne Boleyn is executed for "adultery and witchcraft"

Scene from "The Tudors" (#9): Anne Boleyn aborts her boy child

Labels: King Henry has set his hopes on the child Anne was carrying. Now she loses it and Henry turns against her.

Scene from "The Tudors" (#8): Execution of Thomas More

Labels: Notice More's humor ("Please help me to mount the scaffold; there's no problem about my coming down afterward".)

Scene from "A Man for All Seasons" (#3): Trial of Thomas More

Labels: More breaks the silence he has maintained about the King's claim to be head of the Church, Now that he is condemned

Scene from "A Man for All Seasons" (#2): Trial of Thomas More

Labels: This movie won an Oscar for best film of 1966 - a splendid performance

Scene from "A Man for All Seasons" (#1): Trial of Thomas More

Labels: Thomas More is accused of treason because he will not swear an oath recognizing King Henry as head of the English church

Scene from "The Tudors" #(7): Anne Boleyn gives birth to a baby girl

Labels: This girl is the future Queen Elizabeth I

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Scene from "The Tudors" (#6): Anne Boleyn confronts Mary Tudor

Labels: The young Mary Tudor (Catherine's daughter) does not accept Anne as Henry's legitimate wife.l to her mother

Scene from "The Tudors" (#5): Anne Boleyn gives birth to the future Queen Elizabethof Catherine of Aragon

Labels: Henry and Anne are married now; Anne gives birth to a girl

Scene from "The Tudors" (#4): Cardinal Wolsey's plans to petition the Pope for Henry's divorce

Labels: but they are not officially married., Henry is now spending most of his time with Anne Boleyn

Scene from "The Tudors" (#3): Trial of Catherine of Aragon

Labels: A public trial is held to determine whether Catherine may continue to be Queen of England

Scene from "The Tudors" (#2): Catherine of Aragon confront Anne Boleyn

Labels: At this time Anne Boleyn is a serving girl to the Queen

Scene from the Tudors (#1): Catherine of Aragon speaks of her anguish that she cannot give the King a son

Trailer from season #1 of "The Tudors"

Labels: but it is his son, Henry VIII, The Tudor dynasty begins with Henry VII, who is remembered.