Renaissance Period Flashcards
What does Renaissance mean
Rebirth
What were 2 major developments in the Renaissance
The Reformation and England’s break with the Roman Catholic Church
The invention of the printing press led to the birth of the novel
Approximate dates and place of the Renaissance
1350-1620
It began in Italy
Poems in the Anthology that are Renaissance
Who so list to haunt and Sonnet 116
What is humanism
The rejection of the power of the church
A secular movement for the dignity of man
What is Courtly Love
A medieval European literary conception of love that emphasised nobility and chivalry
The woman is placed on a pedestal and the man pines for her - she isn’t usually even aware/may be already married
Petrarch 2 important facts
The inventor of the sonnet (14 lines ABBAABBA)
Famous for his poems about Laura who he loves but cannot be with
