English renaissance

Ren·ais·sance
[ren-uh-sahns]

The activity, spirit, and time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning.

Battle of Bosworth Field
(22 August 1485)

New learning

• Retrieval of classical texts
• New relationship with the Church
• Evolution of scholasticism
• Modern scientific thought

UNIVERSITIES

Universities stopped depending on the Church. This led to the birth of the humanist.

astronomy

• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)
• Johannes Kepler (1571–1630)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
• Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727)

medicine

• Ambroise Paré (1510–1590)
• Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)
• William Harvey (1578–1657)

The age of discovery

• Columbus and the "West Indies"
• The New World
• The conquistadores

The printing press was invented by Gutenberg (1394-1468) in 1450 and introduced in England by William Caxton (1415-1492).

It was the main reason behind the success of Protestantism (even in England).

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Renaissance
• C. Medaglia, B. A. Young, "With Rhymes and Reason"
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_discovery
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism_in_the_United_Kingdom