Changes From The Middle Ages To The Renaissance Dbq Essay

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The Renaissance is a period in Europe, from the 14th to the 16th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe, marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Another area that shows the change in views from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance was carried through Literature. In the excerpt from Everyman by an unknown author in 1485 it “carr[ied] a message right out of the Middle Ages” (Doc B). In the poem Everyman, it states that “both strength, power, and beauty will fade from thee as a flower in May” (Doc B). This means that people during the Middle Ages believed that ideals like strength. Power, and beauty, which were important to …show more content…

Document B included an excerpt from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, which are written during the Renaissance in 1601. In Hamlet, Shakespeare compares a man to angels or gods (Doc B). He also refers to humans as “the paragon of animals!” (Doc B). The word paragon means perfect model (Doc B). In an excerpt from the play Everyman it states “ye [man] think sin in the beginning full sweet, which in the end causeth thy soul to weep, when the body lieth in clay” (Doc B). Which means that when someone sins the people who committed the crime don’t think of the repercussions, just assuming that there will be no justice or no one will get caught but back during the renaissance and Middle Ages lying and doing improper effects got whoever committed the crime killed there was no other way they handles these situations. This quote overall shows that not everyone gets away with everything and it will get back to you and may not be as pleasant as you had

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