The Renaissance · 1400 AD to 1600 AD

The Spirit of Humanism

Exploring how a new focus on human potential and Greek and Roman texts changed European thought.

Key Questions

  1. 1How did Renaissance thinking differ from the medieval worldview?
  2. 2Why did the Renaissance begin in the Italian city states?
  3. 3How did the invention of the printing press spread Renaissance ideas?

NCCA Curriculum Specifications

NCCA: Junior Cycle - Investigating the PastNCCA: Junior Cycle - The Renaissance
Class/Year: 1st Year
Subject: The Historian's Journey: Discovering Our Past
Unit: The Renaissance
Period: 1400 AD to 1600 AD

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