Transcript Renaissance and Reformation

Western and Southern Europe: Examine the causes
and results of the Renaissance and Reformation.
Renaissance
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Renaissance—
Rebirth of thinking
Humanism
Renaissance Man—
well rounded person
in all areas
(athletics, education
and social)
Da Vinci—Painter,
sculptor, thinker –
Renaissance Man
Major Artists
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TMNT
 Leonardo Da Vinci
 Michelangelo—
painter of Sistine
Chapel and Statue of
David
 Raphael—Painter of
Madonna/ Child and
School of Athens
 Donatello—Sculptor
of David as a boy.
Thinker of Renaissance
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Machiavelli
– Wrote Prince
– To hold power be crafty
– “Better to be feared than
loved”
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Thomas More
– Wrote Utopia
– Ideas for perfect society
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Erasmus
– Wrote Praise of Folly
– Poked fun at greed in
society
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Vernacular—writing in own
language (Latin)
Gutenberg—developed
printing press (Bible)
Reformation
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Causes for the
Reformation
 Secularism and
Humanism
 Challenging Popes
authority
 Church wealth
 Church leaders had
become to worldly
Reformation
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Leader—Martin
Luther
 95 Thesis (stated
problems with the
catholic church)
 Criticized selling
indulgences
 Faith and good works
needed for salvation
 All people have equal
faith.
Reformation
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Responses to Luther
 Pope—
excommunicated
Luther
 Emperor Charles
○ Edict of Worms
 German Princes
protected Luther
○ Protested Emperor
Charles actions
England Goes Protestant
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England sets up
Anglican Church
Henry VIII wanted
son
 Catherine of Aragon
 Anne Bolin
 Jane Seymour
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Elizabeth I would
make England
Protestant
Calvinism
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John Calvin Creates
doctrine
 Predestination
 “elected”
 theocracy
Enlightenment
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Movement that valued reason and
questioned traditions
Enlightenment thinkers
– Montesquieu—separation of power
– Rousseau—individual freedoms
– Locke—natural rights (life, liberty, and
property)
– Voltaire—religious freedom
– Wollstonecraft—women’s equality
– Beccaria—abolishment of torture.
Conclusion
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Which three people from the Renaissance,
Enlightenment and Reformation had the
greatest influence? Why?
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 No I or You statements
 Find one outside source (other than notes) for
reasons
 Include a source siting. Internet or Book
○ Example: World Book Encyclopedia, 1992 pg
122.