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MIDDLE AGES REVIEW
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500-1500
Feudalism and the Manor System
The Crusades – a series of wars, 1096-1204, in
which European Christians battled Muslims for
control of the Holy Land
The Black Death – an epidemic of the bubonic
plague that swept Europe from 1347-1353, killing
about 1/3 of population
The Hundred Years’ War – a series of conflicts
between England and France from 1337-1453, in
which England lost control of most of its territory to
France
DESCRIBE THE IDEAL PERSON
TODAY.
LOOKING AT SOCIETY AS A WHOLE,
WHAT IS THE MAIN EMPHASIS IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR MOST PEOPLE?
(RELIGION, THEIR CHILDREN, CARS,
ETC.)
READ PAGE 417
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Answer questions 1 and 2
RENAISSANCE
1300-1500(1600)
Transition from medieval times to modern times
THE RENAISSANCE = “REBIRTH”
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was a time when creative thinking and new
technology helped people to more accurately
understand their world.
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Slow shift from agricultural to urban society
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New attitude to learning and culture
Old focus – religion and spirituality
 New focus – richness and variety of human
experience in the here and now
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New emphasis on individual achievement
The Renaissance ideal was a person with talents
in many fields
New spirit of adventure
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Navigators, scientists, writers, artists – exploring
new areas
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“To (man) it is granted to have whatever he chooses,
to be whatever he wills.” – Pico Della Mirandola
HUMANISM
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At the heart of the Italian Renaissance was an
intellectual movement known as Humanism.
Studied classical culture of Greece and Rome but
used that study to increase their understanding
of their own times.
Believed education should stimulate creative
efforts
HUMANISM
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Emphasized humanities – grammar, rhetoric
(study of using language effectively), poetry,
history
Francesco Petrarch (PEE trahrk)
Florentine who lived in 1300s
 early Renaissance poet, humanist, scholar
 Assembled large library of Greek and Roman
manuscripts
 Him and others allowed works of Cicero, Homer,
Virgil to be rediscovered by Western Europeans
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ITALY – CRADLE OF THE RENAISSANCE
Birthplace
 Over next 100 years, it spread to rest of Europe
and eventually transformed the entire Western
world.
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Why was it the birthplace?
WHY?
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Italy’s history and geography
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History
Had been center of Roman empire
 Architectural remains, statues, coins
 Seat of Roman Catholic church
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Geography
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Location encouraged trade with well-developed
markets
ITALY’S CITY STATES
Divided into many small city states
 Each was controlled by a powerful family and
dominated by wealthy, powerful merchant class
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Their emphasis on art and personal achievement
helped shape the Italian Renaissance
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Ex: Medici (MED uh chee) family of Florence
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RENAISSANCE ART FLOWERS
Renaissance art reflected the ideas of humanism
 Ren. Artists portrayed religions themes
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Donatello
 Leonardo da Vinci
 Michelangelo
 Raphael
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