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The Renaissance
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World History, Unit 5, Lesson 1
• The Modern world begins with
the Renaissance, which means
“Rebirth.”
• What was being reborn?
– The attitudes, ideals and learning of
the Classical Ancient world of the
Greek and the Romans.
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Why now?
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Why now?
• Location: Italy, where the
Renaissance began was
literally littered with the
remnants of ancient Rome:
buildings, aqueducts that still
work, sculptures, and
monuments.
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Why now?
• Crusades: Contact with other
cultures often causes people to
look at themselves comparably
and see areas where they can
improve.
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Why now?
• Economics: The crusades
opened up trade routes to the
east, and new and wonderful
products that the European
could not get enough of, like
silks and spices.
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Why now?
• Black Death: the great equalizer!
By wiping out so much of the
population, political and economic
changes were bound to happen.
The plague will also shake the
foundations of the Church, as it
proved unable to deliver the people
from this horrific event.
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Why now?
• The decline of the power of the
Roman Catholic Church. The
church problems, such as the
Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy
- when the Popes lived in Avignon,
France instead of the Vatican in
Rome for 100 years. There was
also corruption in the highest levels
of the church.
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Why now?
• Patronage: The new wealth of
individuals created patrons, or
those that financially support the
arts. The Medici Family of
Florence, Italy is a good example.
Patrons would hire an artist,
boosting the families’ reputation
and allowing the artist to hone his
skill.
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Why now?
• Access to classics: Through the
crusades, Europeans came into
contact with the writing of the
Greek and the Romans, many
of which had been lost in the
West but were preserved in the
Byzantine and Arab worlds.
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Why Italy?
• The renaissance began in Italy
because:
– Thriving cities
– Wealthy merchant class
– Classical heritage of Greece and Rome
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Humanism:
• The intellectual movement of
the Renaissance that provided
the foundation of all the human
achievement of this era.
• Focused on human
achievement and potential
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Secular vs. religious
• In the middle ages people felt they
need to punish themselves in order
to please God.
• People of the renaissance felt you
could enjoy life without offending
God. People became more secular,
or concerned with worldly matters.
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Renaissance Men and Women
• A renaissance man was
expected to be a master in
many areas; universal man
• A renaissance woman should
know the classics, and be
charming. Were not expected to
seek fame, but to inspire it
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Why did the renaissance spread
to the north?
• People were recovering from
the plague
• Hundred years war was over
• Merchants began to find more
wealth
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The printing press
• One of the most important
inventions of the time was the
printing press.
• Enabled everyone to read books,
especially the bible.
• The first book to be printed was the
Gutenberg bible.
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Renaisance
Humanism
Secular
Patron
Perspective
Vernacular
Utopia
Printing press
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