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

History

The background to the Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance: art and architecture

The Italian Renaissance: science and anatomy

The Northern Renaissance

Understanding the artefacts of the Renaissance

In this unit, pupils studied the emergence and impact of new ideas which occurred during the Renaissance. In 'Henry VIII and the Reformation: how unusual was the English Reformation?', pupils will continue to interrogate the significance of new ideas but in the context of religious diversification in Europe.

In 'The Christian Church: how completely did the Great Schism transform Christendom?', pupils saw how dominant Christianity was in medieval culture. In this unit, pupils will be able to understand how the Renaissance led to some challenges against the teachings of the Church but did not completely overcome the Church's dominant influence.

In this unit, pupils learn about the Renaissance by examining its material culture. They study various artefacts of the Renaissance and compare the Northern and Italian Renaissances. Throughout, pupils reflect on what evidence about the Renaissance can be taken from these sources.

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...

The Italian Renaissance: humanism

Lesson outcome