1. How Did Writers Influence the Renaissance Worldview?
Latin continued to be used by the Church, by writers began composing works in their own vernacular languages
Standardized languages increased a common sense of identity

2. Writers Geoffrey Chaucer Sir Thomas More Francois Rabelais Pleiade
William Shakespeare

3. Writers Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)
An early writer of English
Sir Thomas More ( )
Advocated religious tolerance
Executed for refusing to denounce the Roman Catholic Church
Declared a saint for his unwavering beliefs

4. Writers Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) Pleiade (mid 1500’s)
Books used satire to poke fun at institutions he believed needed change
Pleiade (mid 1500’s)
Seven French poets believed the literature of France should be written in French and not Latin

5. Writers William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Poetry and plays studied worldwide for their inventive use of language and insights into human nature