When was the Renaissance?

1400s to 1600s Growth of Cities during the Renaissance Cities grew rapidly during the Renaissance. People ocked to cities for many reasons such as business or trade. Since many people were in the city, ideas could be shared more easier and Women Renaissance Women still had less rights than men but could gain status through marriage. Men and Women were under their fathers authority until married. But when a woman was married, she was under the authority of her husband. Marriage back then was not the same as romantic marriage now. The Church thought marriage was a way men and women could have sex without sinning, have children and help each other to reach salvation. Many marriages were arranged, especially in a wealthy family. Children in the Renaissance Life was short, only a few living to forty. Many children did not grow up to be adults. Childbirth itself was already very dangerous to the child and the woman. All children were thought of as little adults, but had no rights. Peasant and artisan children usually had no formal education. Peasant children would work the elds as soon as they were capable and artisan children usually worked alongside their fathers and learned his trade as apprentices. Only children from wealthy classes had education. Boys attended college or had private tutors and girls might attend a convent school until they became nuns or were married off. However, in all classes, girls had less status than boys. 2 Famous Scientists ! Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) ! Galileo was an Italian astronomer, physicist, mathematician and philosopher. He is ! mostly famous for his contributions to astronomy. He discovered some of the moons ! of Jupiter among many more and improved the telescope and compass. The ! improvements he made to the telescope helped him prove Copernicus was correct ! about the movement of the Earth and other planets. He published his ndings and ! was charged with heresy and was on house arrest for the rest of his life. ! ! ! ! ! ! Andreas Vesalius Andreas deed the church by dissecting dead human bodies. He studied the human anatomy and even made his own special tools which are now regularly used in modern hospitals. He published a book on the human body and how it works in 1543.

Legacy of Renaissance ! Art ! The Renaissance period had left behind many beautiful artworks. For example, ! Michelangelos sculpture David. Renaissance art is scattered around old churches, ! galleries and museums across Italy and the world. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Literature The invention of the printing press boosted literature during the Renaissance. One of the most signicant examples of Renaissance literature are the plays of William Shakespeare whose plays have been translated into almost all modern languages and studied by many people. Reformation and Counter-Reformation! The Reformation and Counter-Reformation encouraged the spread of education. For example, the Bible was translated into the native language to be made more accessible. Before, only scholars who studied Latin could read the Bible. Scientic Many advances were made in Science during the Renaissance. But, back then, science was not thought of as separate to religion and there was no such profession as science. But Renaissance thinkers and inventors helped grow scientic knowledge.