of the printing press many more people were able to buy and have books and many learned how to read; women, for example. And the middle class (remember: religious and noble men already knew how to read and write)
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After the introduction
of the printing press many more people were able to buy and have books and many learned how to read; women, for example. And the middle class (remember: religious and noble men already knew how to read and write)
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The Renaissance!
In French: la renaissance; or the Rebirth!
Gave a fresh look on worldly life
"That’s nice! So we can enjoy life? Instead of waiting to go to heaven? I like that! Let’s explore the world”
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Renaissance in the arts
Pastorals and earthly abundance, humanism and anatomy
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Renaissance in world discovery
1492 > the discovery
of the Americas by
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1516 > Utopia
by Thomas More, also translated into various languages, described the ’new world’ and who/what was discovered there.
Thomas More - painted by Hans Holbein
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From Italy, with love
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Do you remember the sonnet?
* 14 lines
* rhyme scheme (Petrarcan or Shakespearian or ...)
* Rhythm: iambic pentameter
* The Shift in voice
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Middle English
Early Modern English
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What have you learned?
* Renaissance means (in English) ....
* Where did the changes take place? # 1, # 2, # 3 .....
* The English language changed like this: ....
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Ben Crystal
Performs Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets in their original pronunciation
Lesson duration is: 16 min
