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Flashcards by Ayla de Klerk, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ayla de Klerk
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Desiderius Erasmus | The praise of Folly, most important satirical work of the renaissance, catching all manner of vanities, arrogance, selfishness , pomposity and other human failings, he criticizes clerkcs, scholars, teachers, theologians and scientists. |
| Marin Luther | 95 Thesis, nailed to the door of Castle Church at Wittenberg in 1517, they were in invitation to debate. became a rallying point for criticism of church practices. pardon from sin given by church officials in exchange for money |
| Louis Labé | Sonnet 18 "kiss me again, rekiss me, kiss me more" fought in battles and tournaments but in poetry concentrated on love. echoes ancient roman poet Catullus. witty and imaginative playfulness, is quite suggestively erotic |
| Queen Elizabeth I | Speech to the English Troops at Tilbury, she translated the bible,and works from ltarch, seneca and patrach. she wrote poetry and prose,the speech was given to her troops as they were going into battle with the spanish |
| Michel de Montaigne | Of Cannibals, defends cannibal culture. this world is uncivilized, compares cannibalism to renaissance punishments. characterizes the cannibals as honest, courageous and intelligent, while the europeans as cowardly and cruel. like swift, he uses humor irony and surprise to examine their cultural values |
| William Shakespeare | Shall I compare Thee to a Summer's Day? When, in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's eyes. Not Marble, Nor the Gilded Monuments. Let Us not the Marriage of True Minds. THat time of Your Thou May'st in Me Behold. All the World's a Stage (as you like it). Now is the winter of Our Discontent (Richard III) . Most famous english writer. Soliloquies |
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