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The First Age (creation)

began 450 AD - end of Roman Empire
discoveries, inventions, developing societies
creation


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The Second Age (a dark age)

no discovery
no reading
engineering during the end
fairy tales began to scare people out of being creative


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The Third Age

discovery
free thought
Discussion question: Could we be entering another dark age/even age?
Jerry Springer (talk show host) said in an interview he thought the perfect show would involve
someone dying on air


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Rebach (1304-74)

poet who loved books
could be said to be Renaissant
discovered ideas in Greek and Roman texts - possibly from thousands of years
people questioned and thought for themselves
caused conflict with church which believed people couldn’t change laws


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Florence

important city in Italy
Canretta studied new ideas
artists and architects studied Roman art/buildings learning new ways to design
plays performed based on Greek plays
great artist - Michael Angelo
great architect - Pallido


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Start of Opera

Greek plays revived
Miracle plays - gave moral, played by travelling performers
songs were major part of plays
Intermezzo - short moral item sung, performed between acts of main plays
first opera 1597
first successful opera L’Orfero by Monteurdi (1605) 



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