People Of The Renaissance

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Pertrarch

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Italian poet, he led the early development of Renaissance Humanism.

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Johann Gutenberg

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Developed the printing press (movable type) making books easier to produce as well as allowing more people to read since books were written in the vernacular

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Erasmus

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Influential Humanist who trained as a Catholic priest. He argued the church had become greedy and corrupt. His writings were some of the first to be read by thousands of people.

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Sir Thomas More

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Scholar, English statesman and friend to Erasmus. Published a book called Utopia which described an ideal peaceful society. It contained criticism of politics, society and the religion of the times.

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Miguel Cervantes

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Greatest Spanish writer of the Renaissance. He wrote Don Quixote which mocks the medieval codes of chivalry.

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William Shakespeare

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Actor, poet, playwright. Wrote numerous works, among the most famous, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet. A true humanist

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Rahael

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Combined religious art with Renaissance spirit. Most famous work, School of Athens, includes Plato, Aristotle and Socrates

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Michelangelo

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Hired by patrons of the art, specifically the Medici's and the pope. He was a sculptor and a painter. Most famous works include David and Sistine Chapel.

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Lenardo Da Vinci

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Painter, sculptor, engineer, scientist and inventor. To learn about the human body he dissected corpses and made drawings of what he saw. In his notebook he drew designs for a flying machine, submarines, parachutes and machine guns. His most famous works include the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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Niccolo Machiavelli

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Writer, he wrote a handbook called The Prince which outlined that rulers should use any means necessary to maintain and increase power, including deceit and force. "The End Justifies The Means"