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The Renaissance Coach Williamson August 31, 2009 Ramsey Junior High Renaissance “rebirth” 1350 to 1550 a time in history when there was a rebirth of interest in art and learning. Black Death This plague made Italians more secular. Their interest in the world increase because the wanted to make it a better place. Secular People were more interested in the worldly things than in religion and getting to heaven. Why Italy? • Center of Roman Empire : This reminded the Italians of their past. • Cities were very rich: they had money to pay painters, sculptors, etc for art. • There were many small city-states: They could compete with each other. Name one reason why the Renaissance began in Italy City-States • Florence, Venice , Geona, Milan, Rome • Urban/Country • Hire people to fight battles because of wealth( Mercenary: soldier for hire) • Located on the Mediterranean Sea • Spain/France west, Byzantine/Ottoman East, and North Africa to the west Geography not only reason • The crusades brought Italian merchants in contact with Arab merchants • Mongols encouraged trade and protected the Silk Road Florence • Trading cloth, especially wool • Banking: they began lending money and charging interest • Florin: the gold coin of Florence to measure the value of other money. • Medici: Family that owned the bank, they owned banks as far away as London. The Rise of Venice • • • • The wealthiest city-state of them all. Shipbuilders and sailors They cut canals and used boats to move Gondolas: a type of long boat Marco Polo • Merchant from Venice • 1270’s took a journey to china to meet Kublai Khan. (Ruler of Mogal empire) • Polo meet Khan and Khan liked him and sent him all over china. • Polo wrote a book about his travels and people loved it. How did people travel in Venice? Government • Republics: a government controlled by its citizens • Venice: Doge, eventually lost power to nobles • Florence: Lorenzo de’Medici ( the magnificent) Many of renaissance artist owed their work to him. Diplomacy The art of negotiating, or making deals with other countries Niccolo Machiavelli • A diplomat from florence • The prince 1513 a. Greedy b. Self-centered c. Should not be good d. Remain in power What was Venice’s Ruler Called? Review • A rebirth of learning called the renaissance began in wealthy Italian cites in the 1300’s • Italian cites grew from wealthy trade, manufacturing, and banking • Nobles wealth was based on trade, rather than amount of land owned.