from a French term for ‘rebirth’, the Renaissance was a period of revival in European art and literature under the influence of classical ideas

the printing press was a machine used to print words

humanists were people who were interested in the classical world and the potential of the human race

humanism was the revival of interest in Greek and Roman thought during the Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance: humanism

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Pupils will continue to study the power of new ideas when they consider the English Reformation and the impact of the Enlightenment (Y8).

Pupils will already have an understanding of the role of the Church in medieval society. They will also have a prior understanding of the architecture of medieval towns and villages, which will enable them to chart the impact of the Renaissance on Early Modern England.

The Renaissance: what do the artefacts of the Renaissance tell us about it?

Before the printing press, most book copying was controlled by the...

What impact did the printing press have on the speed of book copying?

Holbein's portrait compared Erasmus to which figure from a classical myth?

What happened to the number of universities in Europe during the Renaissance?

{{}} ideas spread through Europe's universities during the Renaissance.

Which of the following did not help to spread humanist ideas during the Renaissance?

Which of these were Renaissance humanist?

The Renaissance takes its name from the French term for...

Lucretius' De rerum natura argued that the universe was made up of tiny things called...

Which ancient civilisations were humanists mostly interested in?

Bracciolini sends his copy of De rerum natura to Niccoli

Starting with the earliest, put these events in chronological order.

Humanists like Petrarch and Bracciolini found classical documents in the libraries of religious buildings such as cathedrals, abbeys and...

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