this time‚ people who were economically disadvantaged could now read and own a bible. The use of vernaculars was thought of as a way to convert the non-believers. The spread of Christianity proved to be a method for spreading vernacular language. Petrarch was thought of as one of the most important figures of this time. He criticized the habits of the culture and believed their ideas were ancient soon others followed and this brought about the birth of humanism. Humanism was based on the belief that
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writers of the Renaissance at first used the styles of classic Greek and Roman writers‚ especially in poetry‚ which was written in Latin in both ancient times and in Renaissance Italy. However‚ even in the beginning of the Renaissance‚ writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio wrote books in the vernacular. This means the books were written in the language that people spoke on the street. They were written in Italian‚ not Latin. Boccaccio’s book in this style‚ The Decameron‚ became extremely popular. It was
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century. The most significant change would be how sonnets are now structured. The Italian Petrarchan sonnet was first introduced as two parts: 8 lines with the scheme of abbaabba and then six lines with the scheme of cdcdcd. This can be seen in Petrarch‚ Rima 140. However‚ William Shakeseare change how sonnets would be written. He came up with the Shakespearean sonnet with is fourteen‚ ten syllable lines with a certain rhyme scheme (abab cdcd efef gg). This rhyme scheme can be seen in the poem
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1 Renaissance on the Italian Peninsula Constantinople had been captured by Turks in 1453‚ which cut trade routes to East. Greek scholars fled to Italy with their classical knowledge and materials. ("end" of Middle Ages‚ "beginning" of Renaissance) 2 1st country to break with the Church England (Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church to divorce and remarry) 3 # of City States in Italy 12 4 The 3 Humanist Principles individual worth (improving humans through study) strong commitment
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The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They included people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the southern half of the island from continental Europe‚ and their descendants; as well as indigenous Romano-British populations who adopted Anglo-Saxon culture and language. The earliest phase of English literature started with Anglo-Saxon literature of the Angles and Saxons (the ancestors of the English race) much before they occupied Britain. English was the
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Proto Renaissance art‚ 1280-1400 Italian Renaissance painting Giotto‚ Lamentation‚ Cappella degli Scrovegni In Italy in the late 13th and early 14th centuries‚ the sculpture of Nicola Pisano and his son Giovanni Pisano‚ working at Pisa‚ Siena and Pistoia shows markedly classicizing tendencies‚ probably influenced by the familiarity of these artists with ancient Roman sarcophagi. Their masterpieces are the pulpits of the Baptistery and Cathedral of Pisa. Contemporary with Giovanni Pisano‚ the
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silent enquiry. We should therefore make use of another man ’s inner quality and tone‚ but avoid his words. For the one kind of similarity is hidden and the other protrudes; the one creates poets‚ the other apes." - Petrarch‚ Le familiari‚ XXIII The word Plagiarism came from the Latin word “plagiaries” literally meaning a “kidnapper”. This use of the word was introduced into English in 1601 by dramatist Ben Jonson‚ to describe as a plagiary someone guilty of literary
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The Relationship between the Renaissance and the Greco-Roman World The term “renaissance”—a French word meaning “rebirth”—refers to the reawakening to the artistic and philosophical ideals of ancient Greece and Rome that took place in Europe‚ marking the end of the Middle Ages. As Paul Johnson states in his book‚ The Renaissance: A Short Story‚ “If the term has any useful meaning at all‚ it signifies the rediscovery and utilization of ancient virtues‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ and culture.” (Johnson
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placed a role in Renaissance art. For literature‚ the techniques that the writers used during the Renaissance are still used today. These writers “wrote about self-expressions or to portray the individuality of their subjects” Writers like Francesco Petrarch (wrote sonnets)‚ Boccaccio (wrote series of realistic off-color stories)‚ Niccolo Machiavelli (wrote a political guidebook)‚ and Vittoria Colonna played a role in Renaissance
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IAKT Have you ever heard of the Middle Ages and The Renaissance? The middle ages were a period in time where everything was based off the feudal system. The renaissance were a period where everything was changing like a “rebirth”. It can be hard to think about which one became more important or more interesting to know about. People in those time periods were confused on which period they would stick to the most. There are also many ways these two periods changed the world today. The middle
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