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Renaissance
Chapter 17
SSWH9a,b,c,g
Trade & Commerce Change
Town Life
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Towns were ctrs for trade & shipping
Luxury goods (silk, spices, porcelain) could
be purchased
Guilds (unions) contribute $ to build churches
Town Life During the Middle
Ages
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Society
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Towns small-society based on
agriculture/most ppl live in country
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Power
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Lords/Nobles had most of power
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Status
Owned land
Provided protection to towns via knights
Status determined by birth
Town Life During the
Renaissance
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Society
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Towns grew - based on commerce
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Power
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Merchants had most of power
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Status
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Ppl move to cities
Limited power of lords
Influenced politics
Gained ctrl by organizing banks
Status determined by wealth & ability
The Growth of Italian City-States
How did Florence become the most influential
city-state?
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Purchased luxury goods from east & resold at
huge profit
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Strong ties w/ Muslim merchants
Sold insurance to sea traders to protect
investments
Created banks that gave loans & exchanged
currencies
What was the Renaissance &
why did it begin in Italy?
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Renaissance = French for “rebirth” refers to
revival of arts/learning
Renaissance flourished in Italy WHY??
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Wealthy class invested in the arts
Why People Became
Interested in Ancient Culture
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Crusades made Europeans eager to learn
about world
Scholars thought ancient Greek & Roman
writings would solve problems
A Fascination with Classical
Cultures
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Niccolo Machiavelli – “The Prince”
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Leaders should do whatever is needed to achieve
goals
A Fascination with Classical
Cultures
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Michelangelo – painter, sculptor, architect
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Sistine Chapel, La Pieta
Leonardo Da Vinci – painter, sculptor,
inventor, engineer
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“Renaissance Man”
Mona Lisa, Last Supper
Michelangelo--Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo & La Pieta
Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa
A Belief in Human Potential
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Humanism-each person should develop
talents thru politics, sports & arts
Emphasized individual worth & achievement
Study classics = create better world
A New Type of Scholar Called
a Humanist
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1456 Johannes Gutenburg invents movable
type
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Books become avx
Writers
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Dante: wrote in vernacular
Petrarch: “Father of Humanism”
Erasmus: All ppl should study Bible
Gutenburg & Printing Press