The Renaissance

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The Renaissance

• 1485-1660

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Means rebirth

• Refers to a renewed interest in classical
  learning- the writings of ancient Greece and Rome
• People discovered the Greek and Latin classics
• People read, wrote, and spoke Greek and Latin

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People became more curious about the world than
they were during the Middle Ages.
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Where did it all begin????
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Italy 14th 16th centuries

• Wealth generated from banking and trade with the
  East.
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Michelangelo
• Christopher Columbus
• Galileo

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Why are these people notable?

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Michelangelo
• Christopher Columbus
• Galileo

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Humanism

• Humanists went to the classics and asked
  questions.
• What is a human being?
• What is a good life?
• How do I lead a good life?

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Desiderius Erasmus(1466-1536)Thomas
More(1477-1535)
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Protestant Reformation

• Rejected the authority of the Pope and Italian
  churchmen
• By the 1530s, an open break with the Roman
  Catholic church was evident.

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His wives..

• Catherine of Aragon
• Anne Boleyn
• Jane Seymour
• Anne of Cleves
• Catherine Howard
• Catherine Parr

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The Fates of his Wives

• Divorced
• Beheaded
• Died
• Divorced
• Beheaded
• Survived

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Queen Elizabeth I

• 1558-1603
• One of the most brilliant and successful monarchs
• Ruled after her half-sister the Catholic Bloody
  Mary
• Returned England to a Protestant state

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The last great writer of the Renaissance was John
Milton. He lived in an age where educated people
were becoming more worldly in their outlook.
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The English Renaissance was over.