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UNIT 2: Renaissance > Literary Figures > Flashcards

Literary Figures Flashcards

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Petrarch (pre 1450) – What kind of poems did he write about

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Sonnets

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What are sonnets?

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poems about love and about unreturned love

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Why did it speak to people?

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because before it was mostly written only on god

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Lorenz Valla (1407-1457) – What is he known for

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Textual criticism

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Why was textual criticism important?

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Because church had a donation of Constantine (Which is a book of imperial laws during Constantinople times) but Lorenz Valla exposes fraud

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how did he find the fraud

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there was a modern word in the book

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