ENGLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE

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Period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from 1300 to 1600 A.D., starting in Italy and spreading across Europe.

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Renaissance

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Renaissance movement celebrating human potential, focusing on history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.

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Humanism

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Most famous English writer of the Renaissance, known for plays like King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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William Shakespeare

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Period of Queen Elizabeth I's rule (1558-1603)

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Elizabethan Age

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A machine for pressing paper against inked movable type.

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printing press

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Sir Thomas More wrote

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Utopia

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William Shakespeare wrote only theatre plays.

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Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton contributed to the Renaissance by introducing:

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New concepts on the universe and science

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Renaissance began in:

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Italy

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Italian Renaissance painter born in 1452, known for masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, also a scientific researcher.

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Leonardo Da Vinci