The Renaissance
Daniel Yu
The Renaissance The changes in peoples values, beliefs, and behavior beginning in the late 1400s became to be known as the English Renaissance. Renaissance is an appropriate term for this historical period in time, Renaissance meaning "rebirth" in French. People had become to be more curious about themselves and their world, so gradually there was a renewal of curiosity and creativity. A few of the extraordinary people in this period include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus, and Galileo. In the middle ages very few ordinary people could read. The few that could were encouraged to concentrate on the text of church doctrines. Most European scholars had forgotten the Greek language and used a different form of Latin from the Latin of ancient Rome. During the Renaissance however, people found old Greek and Latin classics that had been hidden away in Monasteries for centuries. These new writers and artists became to be part of an intellectual movement known as humanism. The goal was to combine Latin and Greek classics with traditional Church thought to teach others how to live and rule. These humanist teachers would learn that the aim of life is to attain virtue, not success, or money or fame. During the Renaissance new technology was also introduced. Books began to be printed by press, greatly increasing the number of books produced. Before the new technology each book was hand written. Gradually, Renaissance energies gave out. Educated peoples values which were primarily moral and religious became more worldly as scientific truths challenged religious beliefs. The English Renaissance ended in the
The Renaissance The changes in peoples values, beliefs, and behavior beginning in the late 1400s became to be known as the English Renaissance. Renaissance is an appropriate term for this historical period in time, Renaissance meaning "rebirth" in French. People had become to be more curious about themselves and their world, so gradually there was a renewal of curiosity and creativity. A few of the extraordinary people in this period include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus, and Galileo. In the middle ages very few ordinary people could read. The few that could were encouraged to concentrate on the text of church doctrines. Most European scholars had forgotten the Greek language and used a different form of Latin from the Latin of ancient Rome. During the Renaissance however, people found old Greek and Latin classics that had been hidden away in Monasteries for centuries. These new writers and artists became to be part of an intellectual movement known as humanism. The goal was to combine Latin and Greek classics with traditional Church thought to teach others how to live and rule. These humanist teachers would learn that the aim of life is to attain virtue, not success, or money or fame. During the Renaissance new technology was also introduced. Books began to be printed by press, greatly increasing the number of books produced. Before the new technology each book was hand written. Gradually, Renaissance energies gave out. Educated peoples values which were primarily moral and religious became more worldly as scientific truths challenged religious beliefs. The English Renaissance ended in the