The Renaissance

Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the writer leading up to start the Renaissance. This period is also known as “Elizabethan era”. It started at the end of 14th century and involved 15th and 16th century. Renaissance’s mean is rebirth in science and art. It was formed with the effect of Humanism. Thanks to Renaissance, the relationships between public and government was re-organized. The idea of living humanely was spread. Thus, writers exalted the human-being in their works. Respect for the human, freedom, developing in art were the characters of this period. Writers gave up using Latin, they started to use the national language, English.  In this period, important works are seen. William Shakespeare is the most famous writer and poet in Renaissance. He has important works such as Romeo and Juliette, Machbet, Hamlet, Julius Caesare. In addition; Montaigne, Cervantes, Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Edmund Spencer, John Milton are important writers and poets in Renaissance.