English Reinassance

What was an important influence for Renaissance humanists?

• The religious poetry

• The Greek and Roman cultures

• The medieval age

• The morality plays

What helped to increase the amount of vernacular literature during the Renaissance?

• humanist belief

• invention of the printing press

• realism in art

• publication of Greek and Roman mythology

What is one of the constant themes in the English Renaissance?

• Development of Architect and Literature 
• Tragedies in the Royal Family
• Development of Personal Character and Fame
• I don't know

The creation of the printing press (using movable type) by Johannes Gutenberg was in

• 1450s

• 1440s

• 1300s

• 1350s

What were the dominant forms of English literature during the Renaissance?

• Drama and Prose

• Poem and Writing

• Poem and Drama

• Poem and Prose

new ideas in religion in 16th century Europe that led to attempts to renew the Roman Catholic Church and to the forming of the new Churches

• Reformation

• Protestantism

• Puritanism

• Anglicanism

member of a Protestant group of Christians in England in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to worship God in a simple way

• Humanist

• Puritan

• Royalist

• Catholic

Which is not a Renaissance discovery/invention?

• the Vitruvian Man

• heliocentrism

• the New World

• printing press

• paper

In Renaissance England ...

• men and women had equal rights.

• folklore and superstition were much more important to people than religion

• people believed in the correspondance between body and universe

The rise of nationalism during the English Renaissance was caused by

• the formation of the Protestant English Church

• the re-establishing of the Roman Catholic Church

• the domination of the Puritan community