PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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).