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Renaissance. Causes. Crusades Environmental Changes Byzantine Empire’s collapse Growth of city states Trade and economic growth Capitalist Patrons Excavations. Diarmaid MacCulloch’s. Importance of excavations Significance of history. What was the Renaissance. Hard to identify
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Causes • Crusades • Environmental Changes • Byzantine Empire’s collapse • Growth of city states • Trade and economic growth • Capitalist Patrons • Excavations
DiarmaidMacCulloch’s • Importance of excavations • Significance of history
What was the Renaissance • Hard to identify • Begins between 1450-1500 • Literally means “Rebirth” • Rebirth, or rediscover, of classics
l’uomouniversal • Literally “Complete Man” • Someone who masters all the arts • Shift from medieval focus • Strength of one’s soul • Virtues • Renaissance Man
Florentine • Where it all started • Giotto and Masaccio (1401-1428) • FilippoBrunelleschi (1379-1446) • Ghiberti (1378-1455) • Donatello (1386-1466) • NiccoloMachiavelli (1469-1527)
Humanism • Intellectual Movement • Middle Ages – theocratic • Renaissance – anthropocentric • Individual person • Individual city-state
Rise of Intellectual Ideas • Classical texts • Cicero and Homer • Biblical scholarship • Erasmus of Rotterdam