Renaissance
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...see Renaissance art and architecture . Historical Background In the 12th cent. a rediscovery...writings of Ptolemy. Galileos most famous invention was an accurate telescope...to speak effectively by studying the speeches of ancient orators. Thomas Elyot wrote...M. Elsky, Authorizing Words: Speech, Writing and Print in the English Renaissance...