Renaissance LiteratureBy, Michael DeAngelis, Robert Berkowitz, Jesse Katz, Maisie Newman, Lia Sinisi, Evan Haas

• Based on the study of the classics• The literary works of ancient Greece

and Rome• Studied grammar, rhetoric, poetry,

moral philosophy, history

Humanism

• Called the Father of Humanism or the Father of Renaissance.

• Did more than any other individual• Looked for forgotten Latin

manuscripts in monastic libraries• Described the intellectual life as

one of solitude

Petrarch

• Before Vernacular literature, all the books we’re written in Latin

• Vernacular Literature is books written in different languages such as German, French, and Italian.

• This type of literature was introduced in the 14th century

Vernacular Literature

• Italian author in the fourteenth century.

• Led through an imaginary journey through three realms until he meets god.

• His writings were not famous during his lifetime, but became popular as people studied history.

Dante

• increased the popularity of literature• one of the first to utilize vernacular

liturature • most famouse work was the

Canterbury Tales

Chaucer

• Workso Wrote one of the most influential political books of all time The Princeo Book said that a ruler should follow the principles in Christianityo Also said a ruler could break laws when necessary

• Beliefs and accomplishments

o Abandoned morality

o Morality had little to do with politics

o Made vernacular writing more popular

o Wrote one of the most influential books ever The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

•Most famous playwright

•Most well known work is Romeo and Juliet

•Wrote dozens of poems, plays, and sonnets.

•Plays are still read everywhere

Shakespeare