Writer of the Divine Comedy
Wrote a treatise on politics called The Prince.
"Father of Humanism" First to play a major role in making people conscious of the attractions of classical literature.
Began his career as writer of poetry and romances. Wrote a masterpiece called the Decameron. It was set in the time of the black death.
Baldasare Castiglione
Author of the Courtier, the most famous book on Renaissance manners.
Spanish author of Don Quixote de la Mancha. The two main characters of this classic are Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
Author of 37 plays. He wrote with great imagery, vocabulary, and imagination. These stories were comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances. His greatest works were the Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar.
He developed the new writing form of the essay. He put his opinions in 94 essays.
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