15th - 16th Renaissance (1 Jan 1450 Jahr – 13 St. 13 Min, 28 Apr 1599 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

medieval time ends.
medieval mentality:
- Christianity: 6000 yrs old - history variation of self
- Great chain of being: hierarchy / similarity / system divided by 4
- Women: lesser men (but also important Mary)

Drama: religious revival of drama
- 14th century: theatre moves out of church, still moral instruction
- Carneval: low comedy -> oppositions in pop culture

The Renaissance
- rebirth of classical culture. England is still gothic and late because italy (root) is catholic.
- Humanism: vernacular languages rise & man is now measure of all (Vitruvian Man)
Uomo universale -> educated -> individualism
Copernican Revolution -> geo to heliocentic
Courtier: spezzatura - no effort