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The Renaissance and Reformation Agenda
Below is the tentative agenda for upcoming world history classes. The chapters and page numbers
refer to World History: Modern Times. Homework for a topic will be due in the homework box
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The Renaissance
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5.1 (p. 157 - 163)
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1. Identify the following terms: the Renaissance, secular, Cosimo de’ Medici,
Lorenzo de’ Medici, Niccolo Machiavelli.
2. Describe the new view of human beings that emerged in the Renaissance.
3. Describe one characteristic of each of the following Italian city-states: Milan,
Venice and Florence.
4. What is your reaction to the advice in the Prince?
5. According to Castiglione, how were Renaissance nobles expected to differ from
medieval knights?
Subject - Read Answer -
The Intellectual and Artistic Renaissance
5.2 (p. 164 – 169)
#1, 2, 6, 7 on p. 169
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Subject Read Answer -
The Protestant Reformation
5.3 (p. 171 - 175)
#1-7 on p. 175
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Subject Read Answer -
The Spread of Protestantism and the Catholic Response
5.4 (p. 177 - 183)
#2, 5 - 8 on p. 183
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dates will be posted in class and on the assignment calendar online.
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CHAPTER 11, LESSON 1
Summary: Renaissance Connections
The Rebirth of Europe
During the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, Christians from
Western Europe tried to take back the Holy Lands from the
Muslims. They sent military forces to Asia and Northern
Africa. These attempts are known as the Crusades.
During the Crusades, Europeans rediscovered ancient
Greek and Roman culture. As a result, Europe had a rebirth
of creativity and learning between the 14th and 16th centuries.
This time period is called the Renaissance. Artists, writers,
scholars, and thinkers created many important works, which
changed the way people saw the world.
City-states such as Florence became centers of banking,
manufacturing, and trade. Many wealthy people called
aristocrats lived in these city-states. The aristocrats were
different from the nobles of the feudal system. The new
aristocrats lived in cities. Their wealth came from money and
goods instead of from owning land.
Learning and the Arts Flourish
Italy’s aristocrats supported the arts. City-states competed to
attract the most talented thinkers and artists.
Renaissance artists continued to create religious art. They
also began to depict other subjects. Some painted portraits
of wealthy aristocrats. Others illustrated stories from history
or mythology. Leonardo da Vinci was a famous Renaissance
artist and scientist. He painted the Mona Lisa. He also
sketched thousands of his inventions and discoveries.
William Shakespeare was a popular English playwright.
The Reformation
The Reformation was a 16th-century movement to reform
the Roman Catholic Church. An important leader was
Martin Luther, a German monk. He did not like what many
church officials did, such as forgiving people’s sins in
exchange for money. Luther published his ideas, and they
spread throughout Europe. Luther’s followers were called
Protestants because they protested against the Roman
Catholic Church. The conflict between these two groups led
to religious wars.
Resources for Reaching All Learners
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Find and underline each
vocabulary word.
Crusades noun, military
journeys led by Western
European Christians in
the 11th to 13th centuries
to capture the Holy
Lands from the Muslims
Renaissance noun, a time
of creativity and learning
in Western Europe from
the 14th century to the
16th century
Reformation noun, a 16thcentury movement to
change how things were
done within the Roman
Catholic Church
REVIEW How did the new
class of aristocrats in the
Renaissance differ from
the nobles of the feudal
system? Draw a box around
the sentences that tell how
aristocrats and nobles were
different.
REVIEW How did the
subject matter of
Renaissance art differ from
medieval art? Highlight the
sentences that tell what
subjects Renaissance artists
painted.
REVIEW How did
Protestants get their
name? Circle the sentence
that tells how Protestants got
their name.