https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2 By Ian Beck en-us 2018-04-11 14:33:26 UTC 2025-12-23 20:02:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250739048 A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth),]]> 2018-04-11 14:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250739048 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250739815 Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg ( c. 1400^[2] – February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe with the printing press.]]> 2018-04-11 14:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250739815 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250740559 Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature,^[1] is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey.]]> 2018-04-11 14:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250740559 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250741592 Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More,^[1][2] was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.]]> 2018-04-11 14:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250741592 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250742201 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam,^{[note 1]} was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.]]> 2018-04-11 14:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250742201 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250743069 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam,^{[note 1]} was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.]]> 2018-04-11 14:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250743069 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250743690 William Shakespeare – 23 April 1616)^[a] was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.^[2][3][4] He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"]]> 2018-04-11 14:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250743690 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250744706 The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250744706 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250745473 The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land owned by Thomas Brend and inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613]]> 2018-04-11 14:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250745473 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250745893 Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250745893 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250746519 The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (/ˈhæmlɪt/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius]]> 2018-04-11 14:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250746519 100038310 https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250747167 As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility.]]> 2018-04-11 14:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/100038310/3c1wen9n9ul2/wish/250747167