. What group do Robin Hood ballads belong lo?
9. What features o f Robin Hood’s character attracted people
most o f all?
UNIT 3
RENAISSANCE
Renaissance was a great cultural movement that began in Italy
during the early 1330’s. It spread to England, France, Germany,
th-.: Netherlands, Spain, and other countries in the late 1400’s and
ended early in the 17th century.
T'.ie word “R enaissance” com es from the Latin word
“rir.rscere” and means rebirth. The Renaissance was the period
whet! European culture was at its height. At that time great
importance was assigned to intellect, experience, scientific
re:>£srches. The new ideology proclaimed the value of human
ii- i’viduality. This new outlook was called Humanism. The
humanists were scholars and artists who studied subjects that
they believed would help them better understand the problems of
humanity. These subjects included literature and philosophy. The
humanists considered that the civilizations o f ancient Greece and
Rome had excelled in such subjects and could serve as models.
During the Middle Ages the most important branch of learning
was theology. Renaissance thinkers paid greater attention to the
study o f humanity.
The Renaissance in England
Duringthe Renaissance period (particularly 1485-1603) Middle
English began to develop into Modern English. By the late 1500’s
the English people were speaking and writing English in a form
much like that used today.
The Renaissance in England is usually studied by dividing it
into three parts: the rise of the Renaissance under the early Tudor
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