Transcript The Renaissance

The Renaissance
Coach Williamson
August 31, 2009
Ramsey Junior High
Renaissance
“rebirth” 1350 to 1550 a time in
history when there was a rebirth of
interest in art and learning.
Black Death
This plague made Italians more
secular. Their interest in the world
increase because the wanted to make
it a better place.
Secular
People were more interested in
the worldly things than in religion
and getting to heaven.
Why Italy?
• Center of Roman Empire : This reminded
the Italians of their past.
• Cities were very rich: they had money to
pay painters, sculptors, etc for art.
• There were many small city-states: They
could compete with each other.
Name one reason why the
Renaissance began in Italy
City-States
• Florence, Venice , Geona, Milan, Rome
• Urban/Country
• Hire people to fight battles because of
wealth( Mercenary: soldier for hire)
• Located on the Mediterranean Sea
• Spain/France west, Byzantine/Ottoman
East, and North Africa to the west
Geography not only reason
• The crusades brought Italian merchants in
contact with Arab merchants
• Mongols encouraged trade and protected
the Silk Road
Florence
• Trading cloth, especially wool
• Banking: they began lending money and
charging interest
• Florin: the gold coin of Florence to
measure the value of other money.
• Medici: Family that owned the bank, they
owned banks as far away as London.
The Rise of Venice
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The wealthiest city-state of them all.
Shipbuilders and sailors
They cut canals and used boats to move
Gondolas: a type of long boat
Marco Polo
• Merchant from Venice
• 1270’s took a journey to china to meet
Kublai Khan. (Ruler of Mogal empire)
• Polo meet Khan and Khan liked him and
sent him all over china.
• Polo wrote a book about his travels and
people loved it.
How did people travel in Venice?
Government
• Republics: a government controlled by its
citizens
• Venice: Doge, eventually lost power to
nobles
• Florence: Lorenzo de’Medici ( the
magnificent) Many of renaissance artist
owed their work to him.
Diplomacy
The art of negotiating, or making
deals with other countries
Niccolo Machiavelli
• A diplomat from florence
• The prince 1513
a. Greedy
b. Self-centered
c. Should not be good
d. Remain in power
What was Venice’s Ruler Called?
Review
• A rebirth of learning called the renaissance
began in wealthy Italian cites in the 1300’s
• Italian cites grew from wealthy trade,
manufacturing, and banking
• Nobles wealth was based on trade, rather
than amount of land owned.