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A movement that altered Europeans perspective of their way of life. When this movement florished it was both an artistic and philosophical movement in the new era.
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In the early 1300s Italian scholars turned to classical Roman and Greek literature. They did this to study literature, grammer, history, poetry, and rhetoric.
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Johannes used the printing press to print copies of the bible. HE was born in Mainz of Germany. Not all Europeans were enthusiastic about Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.
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In 1475 the printing press operated in England, France, Germany, Italy and several other European nations. This helped spread new humanist ideas to larger audiences.
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In English Renaissance drama, playwrights such as Christopher Marlowe wrote plays that tended to focus on humans, rather than godly, actions. Marlowe used powerful language and imagery to convey his thoughts.
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In classical dramas, angry gods punished humans. In English Renaissance playwrites focused more on huumans rather than godly figures.
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Thomas More published his work Utopia. In this it talked about how condemned governments are corrupt and he argued that private ownership properties caused unnessary conflicts.
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Thomas More's work on a corrupt government. In More's imaginary world all male citizens were equal and everyone worked together to support the society.
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By 1520 Luther openly disagree with many church doctrines. He claimed that the bible was the sole religious authorities.
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Pope Leo X declared Luther heretic. He excommunicated Luther from the Roman Catholic Church. Then, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V summoned Luther to appear before the Imperial Diet.
