Q1. What do you mean by Renaissance?
Q2. Who made the first printing press?
Q3. What were the status of women in business families?
Q4. Who was Martin Luther?
Q5. How did the invention of printing press prove a deciding factor for the
Renaissance movement?
Q6. Who was Michelangelo?
Q7. What had the students in universities to do prior to the starting of printing
press?
Answers
Explanation:
1: Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth.” It refers to a period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom.
2: Johannes Gutenberg
3: Women were very supportive. They co-operated their husbands in every bit of business. In families of merchants and bankers , wives looked after the business when the male members were away on work.
4: Martin Luther, O.S.A. was a German professor of theology, priest, author, composer, Augustinian monk, and a seminal figure in the Reformation. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507.
5: It made people aware of new literature. It played an important role in awakening of people.
6: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known simply as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
7:Before the start of printing, the students had to read a few hand written copies or texts of manuscript. It was very difficult to make available every student a copy of that text.