The Medieval and Renaissance

Period
By Group 2
What is the…

MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Starting Statement

MEDIEVAL PERIOD IS AN ERA THAT COMES AFTER

THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
 Medieval Period
• (also known as the Dark Ages)
• It is an era that comes after the fall of the Roman
Empire.
• It happens 500 to 1500 CE. [need to cite]
• It was a chaotic period embodied by wars fueled
by different reasons such as territorial dispute,
feudal concerns, religion, and others.
• The themes involved were centered on wars and
chivalry, and features love and courtly love.
 Medieval Period
• The main literature during this period were
oral literature. (as the printing press wasn’t
evented yet)
• (old english?)
• A lot of romantic tropes were directly
influenced such as a knight saving a damsel-in-
distress.
Beowulf
The Nibelungenlied
 The Canterbury Tales
• Geoffrey Chauncer
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
Starting Statement

RENAISSANCE MEANS “REBIRTH” OR “REVIVAL”

 Renaissance Period
• Renaissance means “rebirth” or “revival”
• The goal of this era is to reestablish the
standard set in the classical period, or even
surpass it.
• Its cultural rebirth took place earlier in Italy
and Southern Europe, and little later in
Northern Europe and England.
 Renaissance Period
• Events such as the creation of the printing
press, the changes of the church with the
creation of Protestantism, and the Church of
England, and the discovery that the world is
not the center of the universe.
• The first Printing Press the Gutenberg Press
was established in the 15th century.
• Written short stories, novellas, tales were
born.
 Macbeth
• William Shakespere
 The Prince
• Niccolo Machiavelli
 Paradise Lost
• John Milton
 Don Quixote
• Miguel de Cervantes
Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)
• Dante Alighieri
Final Questions

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ERAS?
Final Questions

AMONG THE PRESENTED LITERATURE,

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE?
Final Questions

HOW DID THE MEDIEVAL AND

RENAISSANCE PERIOD?
 ideas
• Hip Hip horray pero Beowulf, Canterbury
Tales, at Nibelwahtever (as icebreaker)

• Two Questions for each group

• First Question they have to answer by learning
in the Presentation, and the second is based
on the answer of the other group.