Transcript File - Mr. Krus World History

Italian Renaissance
Impact of Black Death
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Made people question their faith in
God
Made people want to live for the “here
and now”
Shift from religious to secular “worldly”
life
Renaissance
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A “rebirth” of art
and learning;
follows Middle
Ages
1300-1600
Started in Italy and
eventually spread
north
Looked to Roman
ruins for inspiration
Urban Centers
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Italy had large
cities, while rest of
Europe was rural
Cities allowed
people to share
ideas
Merchants
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the most powerful and wealthiest class
in Italy
dominated Italian politics
No inheritance, had to earn status
Medici Family (Cosimo de
Medici)
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Wealthy merchants
in Florence
Controlled
government by
giving loans to
political leaders
Was dictator of
Florence
Lorenzo de Medici
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Took over after
father’s death
Was great patron
of the arts
Classical Ideas influence Renaissance
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Greek texts return to Italy after fall of
Constantinople
Italians studied these texts and were
inspired by them
Humanism
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Belief in human potential and
achievement
Suggested people can enjoy life
without offending God
history, literature, and philosophy
(Humanities)
The Secular Renaissance
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Secular- worldly and concerned with
the here and now
Although there were Christian
influences, the Renaissance was
mainly a secular movement
The Renaissance Man
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People who excelled
in many areas would
be know as a
“universal man”
Later became known
as Renaissance Man
Ex. Leonardo da Vinci
Machiavelli
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Wrote The Prince
in 1513
Says that most
people are selfish,
fickle, and corrupt
Rulers should be
strong and shrewd
Not concerned with
morality
The Northern Renaissance
Background
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England and France
Population was shattered
because of the plague
Hundred Years War ended in
1453
Cities grew rapidly
Merchants had money to support
the arts
Erasmus
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In Praise of Folly
Believed in a
Christianity of the
heart, not rules and
ceremonies
Said all people
should study the
bible
Thomas More
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Concerned with
society’s flaws
Utopiaimaginary land
inhabited by peaceloving people
 Greed, war,
corruption, and crime
had been weeded out
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Queen Elizabeth I
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1558-1603
Queen of England
during Renaissance
Elizabethan Age
Well educated,
spoke 5 languages
Patron of the arts
and writers
William Shakespeare
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English, “greatest
playwright of all
time”
Revealed souls of
men and women
through dramatic
conflict
Many plays examine
human flaws
Inspired by classics
The Printing Press
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Invented by Johann Gutenberg
First printed the Gutenberg Bible in 1455
Printing allowed books to be sold for a
cheap price; more people could afford
them
More people reading books leads to new
ideas spreading more quickly
Allowed more people access to
education
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