Transcript intro to early modern europe

Introduction and Background to
Modern Europe (circa 1450 C.E.)
Background to the Modern Era
 Fall of Roman Empire
 Catholic domination in the Middle Ages
 Challenges to Catholic Power
 Bubonic Plague
 100 years War
 Great Schism
Renaissance (Beginning of Modern Era)
Classical Civilizations
Greece
Rome
Ancient Greece :
1150 BCE- 146 BCE
Map source: http://platodialogues.org/tools/gk_wrld.htm
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http://bitsofnews.com/images/graphics/map_ancient_greece_large.jp
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Roman Civilization
Map Source: Thinkquest.org
Roman Republic 509 BCE – 27 BCE
Roman Empire 27 BCE – 476 CE
Legacy of Ancient Rome …
following slides modified from Susan Pojer : Horace Greely H.S.
The Fall of Rome : 476 CE
http://www.hadrians.com/rome/romans/maps/
western_roman_empire_map.html
Middle Ages
Roman empire
476 CE
Renaissance
circa 1450 CE
Feudalism
/serfs
The Early Middle Ages
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http://courseconnector.uoregon.edu/hist-319
The Roman Catholic Church
Pope Leo III
Gothic Cathedral in Cologne
Roman Catholic Heirarchy
The Holy Roman Empire
 Charlemagne
(Charles the Great)
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http://www.nndb.com/people/180/000085922/
The Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire
Statue of Otto I
Empire of Otto I
Catholic Power and Intrigue
in the Middle Ages
1054 : East-West Schism
1095-1296 – Crusades
1184 - - Catholic Inquisition roots out Heresy
1309-1377 – Avignon Papacy
1378-1417 - Great (aka: Western) Schism
Political and Social Upheaval
in the
Late Middle Ages
Political and Social Upheaval
in the
Late Middle Ages
1450:
“Modern Era” of Western
Civilization begins
 Europe begins to
rebound from Black
Death (1347)
1450:
Modern Era” of Western Civilization
begins
 1450 – Printing Press
 1453 – end of 100 years
War
 1453 – Fall of
Constantinople to
Ottoman Turks
1450:
Modern Era” of Western Civilization
begins
 Renaissance
 “Rebirth”
 Renewed interest in
achievements of classical
civilizations
 Golden Age of creativity