1. By: Steven Anuszkiewicz, Kristen Kurlander, Colleen Kelly & Kristine Cura

2. Key People Dante Chaucer Christine de Pizan Machiavelli
Johannes Gutenburg
Shakespeare

3. Dante Dante was an Italian writer and poet.
Most famous work- the Divine Comedy. It tells the story of an imaginary journey through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven, where he finally meets God.
He lived from 1265 to 1321
wrote using the vernacular.

4. Chaucer
Chaucer helped make vernacular literature more popular
used the English vernacular in his famous work The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales have always been Chaucer's most popular work
During the next twelve or fifteen years there is no question that Chaucer was constantly engaged in literary work

5. Christine de Pizan 1363-1430 a French woman
that defended women's rights
She wrote The Book of the City
of Ladies in 1404.
She denounced the many male writers who had argued that women, by their very nature, are unable to learn and are easily swayed.
Christine de Pizan argued that women could learn as well as men if they attended the same schools.

6. Niccolo Machiavelli 1469 – 1527 studied politics
most famous work- The Prince.
His political views have influenced leaders profoundly.
One of the first people to reject the idea that rulers should base their decisions and behavior on Christian principles.
believed political activity should not be restricted by moral principles.

7. Johannes Gutenburg 1398 – February 3, 1468
a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe
His invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution
The first European to use movable type printing, in around 1439, and the inventor of the printing press

8. Shakespeare 1564 to 1616 wrote many famous works such as:
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
Julius Caesar
is viewed universally as a genius and master of the English language

9. The Vernacular
a style of speech that used vocabulary and slang from everyday people.
Many famous writer of this time began to write in this style, such as .
Allowed everyday people with improper educations to read and understand books.

10. The Impact of Printing The Renaissance first saw the
development of printing in Europe.
In the fifteenth century, Europeans
gradually learned how to print with
moveable metal type.
The printing of books encouraged scholarly research and increased the public's desire to learn.
Certain ideas and beliefs, such as the Reformation would not of spread as rapidly without the printing press.
Printing allowed European civilization to compete with the civilization of China for the first time.