Literature of the Renaissance and Enlightenment By Andrew C. Jackson, Esq.

Why it matters—  Power of monarchs – Elizabeth I of England  Growth of science and technology – Galileo showed that earth was not center of universe  Triumph of humanism – Michelangelo (sculptor—Sistine Chapel)  Age of discovery – Christopher Columbus

Historical Highlights  Early Renaissance – Cities grew – Trade – Rising merchant class – Heritage of ancient Greece and Rome – Renaissance means rebirth or revival

High Renaissance  Artists – Michelangelo – da Vinci – Raphael

Late Renaissance and Reformation  Reformation – Martin Luther – Protestants – John Calvin – Henry VIII divorce

Age of Kings  Divine Right – Philip II of Spain – Louis XIV of France – Peter the Great of Russia – England Bloodless revolution –Constitutional monarchy

Age of Enlightenment  Human concerns – Thomas Hobbes – John Locke – Mary Wollstonecraft – Jean Jacques Rousseau

People and Society  Aristocrats  Clergy  Soldiers  Middle Class rises  Peasants and Farmers  Women’s roles – “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a king, and a King of England, too.”—Queen Elizabeth I

Arts and Culture pp  Philosophy and Science – Isaac Newton  Literature – Novel, lyric poetry, dramatists, neoclassical  Painting, Sculpture and Architecture – Da Vinci and Michalengelo

Music  Renaissance – Sacred is joined by new forms  Baroque – Bach and Vivaldi  Classical – Haydn and Mozart

The Printing Press  Johan Gutenberg – Germany

Connect to Today  Mass communication  Human rights  Science and Medicine  Math and Engineering  Language – Renaissance Man, Utopian, Quixotic, Liberty!Equality! Fraternity!

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