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Renaissance – Out of the Dark Ages

When? What? Where? Northern Renaissance How ideas spread Gutenberg. Renaissance – Out of the Dark Ages. When?. 1330s – 1600s The Renaissance marks a period of intellectual and artistic achievement after the Dark Ages. What?. “ Rebirth” or cultural awakening

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Renaissance – Out of the Dark Ages

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  1. When? What? Where? Northern Renaissance How ideas spread Gutenberg Renaissance – Out of the Dark Ages

  2. When? • 1330s – 1600s • The Renaissance marks a period of intellectual and artistic achievement after the Dark Ages

  3. What? • “Rebirth” or cultural awakening • focus less on religion/afterlife & more on individual achievement/worldly concerns • individualism – value of the individual person • Were individuals valued in feudal society?

  4. What? • humanism – stress importance of individual, intellect & classical antiquity (Greece and Rome) • new interest in learning – began to question traditions • What is arete? How does it relate to humanism?

  5. Where? • began in Florence, Italy & spread north • Why Italy? • Center of classical culture of Rome & Greece -- visible reminders of Rome’s glory

  6. Where? • Towns remained trade centers & grew powerful/populous after the Crusades • Italy’s city-states (ruled by a wealthy and powerful merchantclass) • Example – Florence (Medici Family) • Why would Italy have a strong and rich merchant class?

  7. Northern Renaissance • Around the 1400s the Renaissance & its ideas began to spread north to France, England, the Netherlands, & other western European countries • What’s this an example of?

  8. How ideas spread: • War – France invaded Italy • Trade & Travel • Printing press – Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type which led to the appearance of printing across Europe – led to spread of new ideas • P. 380

  9. http://www.history.com/videos/the-book-that-changed-the-world#the-book-that-changed-the-worldhttp://www.history.com/videos/the-book-that-changed-the-world#the-book-that-changed-the-world

  10. People adapted ideas to their own needs • example: Renaissance was more religious in the N • Results: • 1- Beginning of modern world • 2- Leads to criticism & reformation of RCC

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