Renaissance

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Renaissance

• Chapter 17
• SSWH9a,b,c,g

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Trade Commerce Change Town Life

• Towns were ctrs for trade shipping
• Luxury goods (silk, spices, porcelain) could be
  purchased
• Guilds (unions) contribute to build churches

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Town Life During the Middle Ages

• Towns small-society based on agriculture/most ppl
  live in country
• Lords/Nobles had most of power
• Owned land
• Provided protection to towns via knights
• Status determined by birth

• Society
• Power
• Status

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Town Life During the Renaissance

• Towns grew - based on commerce
• Ppl move to cities
• Merchants had most of power
• Limited power of lords
• Influenced politics
• Gained ctrl by organizing banks
• Status determined by wealth ability

• Society
• Power
• Status

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The Growth of Italian City-StatesHow did
Florence become the most influential city-state?

• Purchased luxury goods from east resold at huge
  profit
• Strong ties w/ Muslim merchants
• Sold insurance to sea traders to protect
  investments
• Created banks that gave loans exchanged
  currencies

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What was the Renaissance why did it begin in
Italy?

• Renaissance French for rebirth refers to
  revival of arts/learning
• Renaissance flourished in Italy WHY??
• Wealthy class invested in the arts

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Why People Became Interested in Ancient Culture

• Crusades made Europeans eager to learn about
  world
• Scholars thought ancient Greek Roman writings
  would solve problems

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A Fascination with Classical Cultures

• Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince
• Leaders should do whatever is needed to achieve
  goals

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A Fascination with Classical Cultures

• Michelangelo painter, sculptor, architect
• Sistine Chapel, La Pieta
• Leonardo Da Vinci painter, sculptor, inventor,
  engineer
• Renaissance Man
• Mona Lisa, Last Supper

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Michelangelo--Sistine Chapel
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Michelangelo La Pieta
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Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper
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Leonardo da VinciMona Lisa
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A Belief in Human Potential

• Humanism-each person should develop talents thru
  politics, sports arts
• Emphasized individual worth achievement
• Study classics create better world

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A New Type of Scholar Called a Humanist

• 1456 Johannes Gutenburg invents movable type
• Books become avx
• Writers
• Dante wrote in vernacular
• Petrarch Father of Humanism
• Erasmus All ppl should study Bible

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