Renaissance Writers in Literature, Philosophy & Religion

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Luminariuam 17th Cent. Biography

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1372) Italian poet wrote The Decameron. – a hundred short stories that related a group pf young men and woman who fled to a villa from Florence to escape the Black Death. Considered to be the best prose of the Renaissance
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Boccaccio short introduction from History Guide
The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Giovanni Boccaccio
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YouTube: Decameron lecture

Leonardo Bruni (1369-1444)
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Leonardo Bruni, Humanis Scholar or the Renaissance
Humanism
Giordano Bruno 1549-1600 Italy - considered the "first martyr for science" burnt as a heretic- was a priest and philosopher
Galileo Project Giordano Bruno biography

Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote, foundation of Western Lit.
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Don Quixote

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YouTube: Man of La Mancha

Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1342-1400 (end of the Middle Ages) England poet wrote The Canterbury Tales, a collection of short stories. This is one of the early classics of English Literature.
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British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Geoffrey Chaucer

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YouTube: Canterbury Tales Prologue recited in the Middle English in which it was written.

Dante Alighieri 1265 - 1321 Italian Poet
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Dante on the Web

Martin Luther (1483-1546) Germany lead the Protestant Reformation and translated the Bible into vernacular
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Martin Luther
World Civilizations - Discovery and Reformation
PBS Empire SeriesDiscovery and Reformation - Biography of Martin Luther
Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Martin Luther
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Martin Luther
Reformation Online - Biography of Saint Martin Luther
British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Martin Luther

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) Italian prince, diplomat, poet
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Machiavelli from the Britannica Ethics article
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance . Renaissance . Machiavelli ...
PBS Online Niccolo Machiavelli

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Machiavelli

Machiavelli

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YouTube: Machiavelli and the Prince

Thomas More 1477 - 1535 English Martyr
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Sir Thomas More
St. Thomas More - Catholic Encyclopedia
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564 -1616 English poet and playwright - considered by many the greatest writer in the English language.
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