2. I. The Renaissance -means “rebirth” -renewed interest in Greek & Roman culture -secular time A. New Ideas and Art 1) humanism= believed that the individual & human society were important 2)literature= writers began writing in vernacular- more people were reading their work -Dante= The Divine Comedy

3. -Chaucer- The Canterbury Tales 3.) Printing Press= changed the world -Johannes Guttenberg= 1450’s invented printing press -this made books more easily available -more people learned to read -Gutenberg Bible= 1 st book printed 4) Leonardo da Vinci= scientist, inventor, engineer, & painter -painted the Mona Lisa & The Last Supper -dissected corpses to study anatomy

4. 5) Michelangelo= painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -sculpted the statue of David & Moses 6) Raphael= Renaissance painter -painted in churches all over Italy B) The Reformation= - During the Middle Ages the Catholic Church became very powerful -needed money so they began selling indulgences

5. -indulgences were forgiveness for sins -this outraged many people including Martin Luther Martin Luther= responded to this practice w/ his 95 theses & nailed them to the door of the church -he wanted to reform the church -he wanted people to rely on the Bible & not priests -this began the Protestant Reformation & his followers were the 1 st denomination of Protestants: Lutherans