Renaissance Oxford

Demarcate: mark out

Investor: a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage

Beneficiary: a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of something else

Sanitary: clean, hygienic

Sewer: passage for waste

The Puritans: The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.

Tenement: a large building divided into flats, especially in a poor area of a city

Lent: Christian season of fasting (Σαρακοστή)

Attire: clothes

Scholar: A person who studies at a high level.

Manuscript: A historical handwritten document.

Audience: People watching a performance.

Playwright: A person who writes plays.

Civil War: A war between groups within the same country.

Royalists: People who supported King Charles I.

Parliamentarians: People who supported Parliament.

Humanism: Renaissance belief focusing on human culture and education.

Globe: Shakespeare’s famous theatre in London.