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| A new approach balancing faith and reason based on the values of ancient Greeks and Romans. Valued individuals in society. Did not abandon religious ideas. |
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| One of the best renaissance scientists and great artist. Studied corpses and fossils. Great inventor and engineer. Drew sketches of helicopter, glider, and parachute. Painted Mona Lisa. |
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| What sorts of things did people write in the renaissance? How did the writing spread? |
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| People began to write plays, poetry, and novels in their own language. They spread via the printing press. |
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| Who were the people who used vernacular? |
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| Authors: Dante Aleghieri, Chaucer, Shakespeare |
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| author of The Divine Comedy, including The Inferno |
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| wrote the Canterbury Tales, describes pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. Tells about people from all levels of society. |
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| Greatest writer of the era--actor and poet. Wrote great tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet Famous comedies: Twelfth Night, Much Ado about Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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| Invented the movable type printing press. |
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| How did the printing press change society? |
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| More people learned to read because books were more available after the printing press made them cheaper and easier to make. Scholars could read more and debate. Ideas spread more quickly. |
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| William Shakespeare's plays were performed there during the day since the theater had no lights. Wealthy people sat underneath the covered section. Black flags=tragedy, white flags=comedy, red flags=historical plays. Poor commoners called groundlings stood on the floor and threw rotten vegetables. |
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| What did Cervantes write? |
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| Don Quixote de la Mancha--the story of a country gentleman who searches for adventure. It shows the difference between what people hope life can be and what life is actually like. Read for humor and insight. |
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