renasaunce

• Renaissance


  A French word that means rebirth or general enlightenment, starts in Italy and spreads throughout Europe
• Characteristics of Renaissance Period


  • Interest in the classic literature of the Greeks and the Romans
  • Embracing of humanism
  • Commercial revolution
  • Developments in arts and architecture
• World Expansions during the Renaissance period

  • Geography
  • Religion
  • Literature
  • Economic
  • Education
  • Political
  • Humanism
  • Arts and Architecture
• Navigators


  Explorers and discoverers during the Renaissance period
• Marco Polo"The explorer of the orient"


  • Traveled by land for four years from Europe to China, stayed in China for 17 years, became an envoy to Burma and Tibet
• Christopher Columbus"Discoverer of the new world"


  • Discovered the New World, reached San Salvador, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Venezuela and Honduras
• Amerigo Vespucci


  • Real discoverer of America
• Vasco Da Gama"bridger of two continents"


  • Reached India by passing around Africa, developed the Indian-Portuguese trading post
• John Cabot and Henry Cabot


  • Father and son who landed in North America
• Ferdinand Magellan“ Circumnavigator of the World”


  • Sailed to South America, discovered the Strait of Magellan, crossed the Atlantic to Pacific ocean and reached the Philippines
• Richard Hakluyt


  Recorded all the discoveries of the navigators
• Voyages


  Title of the book that contains all the discoveries of the navigators
• Humanism


  A movement that promotes the larger human interest
• Importance of Humanism

  • Reading and writing were no longer restricted
  • Schools were open to all
  • Schools were founded everywhere
  • The process of learning became easier because of the printing machine
• Johann Guttenberg


  • Invented the first printing machine in Germany
• William Caxton


  • Introduced the printing machine in England
• Pope Gregory the Great


  • Founded the famous Vatican library
• Literary Developments in Great Britain during the Renaissance period


  • Poetry became the natural language of the people
  • Dramas were written in poetry form
  • Songs and Lyrics were interspersed in drama