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The Renaissance
The Renaissance, Reformation, Explorers and the
Geography of Europe
Crusades
Expeditions from 11th to the 13 centuries.
Western European Christians wanted to take back the
“Holy” lands from the Muslims.
Main Idea: Opened trade routes from Western Europe
to Asia and North Africa.
Rebirth of Europe
Renaissance = Rebirth
More interest in the ancient world.
14th-16th centuries
Began at the Italian Peninsula
14th century- Italian Peninsula was split into city-states.
Florence- Major trade city.
New class of nobles called aristocrats. Earned
wealth via money and goods and not land, unlike the
nobles from the feudal system.
Learning and Arts Flourish
Patrons were wealthy citizens who gave money to scholars
and artists in order to increase the standing of their citystate.
Became a competition among city-states.
Wanted to attract the best known scholars and poets.
Art was also transformed, it no longer focused on religious
subjects.
Some artists would paint or sculpt for wealthy patrons.
Leonardo da Vinci
1452-1519
Painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Became well know for his painting but was also an inventor,
engineer and scientist.
Studied the workings of the human body, flow of water
and the flight of birds.
Sketched thousands of ideas such as: flying machines,
parachutes, and submarines.
William Shakespeare
Famous playwright, created Romeo and Juliet and
Macbeth.
Wrote more than two dozen plays, including tragedies and
comedies.
Shakespeare’s work is among the most widely read in English,
even though the language has changed a great deal since his
death.
The Reformation
16th century movement to change church practices.
Roman Catholicism was still the most powerful religion in
Western Europe, however, the cultural innovation of the
Renaissance changed the views of many people.
Martin Luther
German monk (1483-1546)
Luther spoke out against the wealth and corruption of the
Catholic Church.
Believed the practice of selling indulgences by the church was
unethical.
Indulgence- practice of forgiving sin in exchange for
money
1517- Luther attacked the Church’s sale of indulgences and
other practices. Excommunicated.
Translated the Bible from Latin to German.
Protestantism
Protestants- Luther’s followers who protested against the
Catholic Church
Conflict between the Protestants and the Catholic Church
led to religious wars in 1555.
Peace of Augsburg- German rules could decide the official
religion of their own state.
The Counter Reformation 1545-1648
As a response to Protestantism, the Catholic Church
launched its own movement called the Counter
Reformation.
The Church stopped selling indulgences and created a
new religious order called the Society of Jesus or Jesuits.
Jesuit missionaries and scholars worked to spread Catholic
ideas across Europe, to Asia, and to the lands of the “new
world” across the Atlantic Ocean.
Jacques “Pier” Marquette
Jesuit priest who travelled
to Michigan to convert
people to
Catholicism.
Geography of Europe
Location: Mostly in the Eastern and Northern
hemisphere
Movement:
Geography of Europe
Human Environment Interaction:
Farming
Netherlands
Cultural Diffusion:
Spread of Christianity in the Crusades.
BBC
Premier League Soccer
Climate of Europe
Gulf Stream:
A warm ocean current of the Northern Atlantic Ocean off
Eastern North America.
“Europe’s Central Heating”
The Gulf Stream makes the climate of Western Europe
milder in comparison to other areas with the same latitude.
Goals of Exploration
Spice Trade- Great demand
from Europe. Came from
Asia.
Spices helped preserve food
and improve flavor.
Italian merchants from Venice
and Genoa controlled the
Spice trade in Europe.
Transporting goods was
extremely costly and
Europeans wanted to find a
way to trade directly with
Asia, so they searched for a
new trading route.
Prince Henry the Navigator
1400’s- Portugal
Sent explorers farther down the coast of Africa.
Wanted to find a quicker route to Asia.
The Portuguese continued to explore farther down the coast
of Africa.
Vasco da Gama lead a sea expedition all the way to Asia from
Europe, by going south and around Africa. First Europeans to
discover a sea route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer- Left Spain
with 90 crew members and
three ships- the Santa Maria,
the Pinta, and the Niña.
Instead of going south around
Africa like the other
explorers, Columbus went
directly west of Spain, hoping
to reach Asia quicker then the
Portugal explorers.
The Atlantic Ocean was much
larger then predicted and on
October 12th, 1492 Columbus
thought he had found Asia but
actually found a Caribbean
island.
John Cabot
King Henry VII of England did not want Portugal and Spain
to claim all the riches of Asia.
Italian-born John Cabot was sent to explore, he believed that
a northern route across the Atlantic Ocean might be a
shortcut to Asia.
1497-With only a small ship and 18 crew member, Cabot set
out and sailed west of England, landing in present-day
Newfoundland in Canada.
Ferdinand Magellan
Still no closer to finding a quicker route to Asia. Spain
launched another expedition in 1519 with the Portuguese
explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Five ships and 200+ sailors left Spain. As they traveled west,
all the way down South America and across the Pacific
Ocean, sailors died to starvation, disease and violent storms.
Ferdinand Magellan cont.
After 18 months Magellan and his crew did
reach the Philippines in Asia, however, shortly
after they arrived a battle took place. Magellan
had died and by the time the crew returned to
Spain there were only 18 crew members and
one boat.
Magellan’s crew managed to circumnavigate,
meaning they sailed completely around the
world.
Outcomes of ExportationClash of Cultures
With exploration came colonization.
European countries founded many new colonies along the
costal areas of Africa and North and South America.
These conquered lands had indigenous peoples, meaning
self-ruling populations who already lived there.
Imperialism- practice of one country controlling the
government and economy of another country or territory.
Religious Conversion
The European leaders were all Christians and they wanted to
spread their religious beliefs to conquered peoples. To do
this, they sent missionaries and religious officials to convert
them.
European rulers hoped that by doing this they could
overcome other powerful religions at the time.
Spread of Disease
Without knowing it, the
European explorers and
colonists carried diseases
with them, including
small pox, malaria, and
measles.
These diseases killed tens
of thousands of people in
the Americas.
Slavery
European exploration also
lead to an expanding slave
trade.
The Portuguese purchased
West Coast African people to
work as slaves back in
Portugal, where the work
force had been reduced by
plague.
In Mexico and South America,
Europeans forced conquered
peoples to work the land
where they lived.
Richard III
King of England from 1452 – 22 August 1485
Died at the Battle of Bosworth Field.
His defeat at Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of
theWars of the Roses, symbolizes the end of the Middle Ages
in England.
He is the subject of the play Richard III byWilliam
Shakespeare.
Scientists use DNA to identify remains
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/world/europe/richard-
iii-search-announcement/
King Henry VIII
Born June 28th, 1491-
Died January 28th, 1547
King of England- April
21st, 1509 until his death
Know for: Separation of
the Church of England
from the Roman
Catholic Church
King Henry VIII cont.
Six marriages: Catherine, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour,
Anne of Cleaves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr
King Henry VIII desperately wanted an heir to the
throne.
Roman Catholic Church did not allow annulment only
based on King Henry’s wishes for an heir.