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THE RENAISSANCE
Renaissance means "rebirth", and it refers especially to the classical language's rebirth:Greek and Latin. It is the period from the XIV century to the XVII century.
During the Renaissance thinner used classical methods to write poems or epic poetry.
The renaissance develop first in Italy and then in the North of Europe.
People realize that God was not enough for their balance. Renaissance means "rebirth" and rebirth was necessary to find balance.
In the Greek culture there were a lot of Gods, not just one and the body was not considered as a "tabù", like in the Middle Age.
The vision of the world of Middle Age was not able to assure the balance, and it gradually transform.
One of the most important continuity of the Classical period was the concept of the Great Chain of Being, whose major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its "place" in a divinely planned hierarchical order, which was pictured as a chain vertically extended.
The fear of "disorder" was also political; because the proscription against trying to rise beyond one's place helped to reinforce the authority.
The need for strong political rule was in fact very significant, for the Renaissance had brought an end for the most part to feudalism, the medieval form of political organization.
In the Renaissance, the highest cultural values were usually associated with active involvement in public life, in moral, political, and military action, and in service to the state.
Instead Humanism represented a shift from the "contemplative life" to the "active life.
Another concept derived from the classical past, was the literary doctrine of "imitation. In contrast to our own emphasis on "originality," the goal was not to create something entirely new.
Finally, as it developed during the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation was a movement that had profound implications for literary history. The Reformation seemed to reject the medieval form of Christianity. In the early sixteenth century, the German monk Martin Luther reacted against Church corruption, the sort depicted.
Renaissance means "rebirth", and it refers especially to the classical language's rebirth:Greek and Latin. It is the period from the XIV century to the XVII century.
During the Renaissance thinner used classical methods to write poems or epic poetry.
The renaissance develop first in Italy and then in the North of Europe.
People realize that God was not enough for their balance. Renaissance means "rebirth" and rebirth was necessary to find balance.
In the Greek culture there were a lot of Gods, not just one and the body was not considered as a "tabù", like in the Middle Age.
The vision of the world of Middle Age was not able to assure the balance, and it gradually transform.
One of the most important continuity of the Classical period was the concept of the Great Chain of Being, whose major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its "place" in a divinely planned hierarchical order, which was pictured as a chain vertically extended.
The fear of "disorder" was also political; because the proscription against trying to rise beyond one's place helped to reinforce the authority.
The need for strong political rule was in fact very significant, for the Renaissance had brought an end for the most part to feudalism, the medieval form of political organization.
In the Renaissance, the highest cultural values were usually associated with active involvement in public life, in moral, political, and military action, and in service to the state.
Instead Humanism represented a shift from the "contemplative life" to the "active life.
Another concept derived from the classical past, was the literary doctrine of "imitation. In contrast to our own emphasis on "originality," the goal was not to create something entirely new.
Finally, as it developed during the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation was a movement that had profound implications for literary history. The Reformation seemed to reject the medieval form of Christianity. In the early sixteenth century, the German monk Martin Luther reacted against Church corruption, the sort depicted.