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Renaissance Europe

Renaissance Europe. Changes in Society. Middle Ages: (Europe in the 4th - 14th centuries) Feudal society (everyone has a master but the king and the Pope) Catholic church had absolute power Renaissance: (15-17th centuries) Catholic church questioned; peoples’ worlds began to expand

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Renaissance Europe

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  1. Renaissance Europe

  2. Changes in Society • Middle Ages: (Europe in the 4th - 14th centuries) • Feudal society (everyone has a master but the king and the Pope) • Catholic church had absolute power • Renaissance: (15-17th centuries) • Catholic church questioned; peoples’ worlds began to expand • Poor still had masters but everyone began to rebel against authority

  3. The Arts • Renaissance = “rebirth” of art and learning • Art still to honor and to serve God, but also to celebrate humans • Art became more nuanced – human form studied • Painting, sculpture, architecture, music

  4. Michelangelo

  5. Leonardo da Vinci

  6. The School at Athens, with lines to show perspective

  7. Cities • Beautiful, powerful, crowded, filthy • Powerful cities due to trade &/or having a cathedral • Venice, Florence, Paris, Rome, London • Cities were centers for merchants, religious beliefs, education • Also where diseases spread most quickly

  8. Buildings • Centers of power made of stone (castles, cathedrals, universities) • Homes built of wood or mud brick • In some places, poor homes were built of mud walls (wattle and daub) with thatched roofs

  9. Government • Powerful kings ruled - absolute authority • Their advisors carried out laws - Disobedience meant prison or death • Very high taxes on the poor, had to pay with cash or land • England is different

  10. Religion in Europe • Corrupt Catholic Church questioned by Martin Luther and other Protestants • New Protestant churches  divided European church • Jews, Muslims, also lived in Europe, but faced persecution.

  11. Education & Science • Scientists needed patrons (someone wealthy to pay for their research) • Johannes Gutenburg – • Copernicus, then Galileo – proved earth revolves around sun

  12. Trade and Money • Every country had its own currency • gold and silver coins • Jewels also valued • Trade existed throughout Europe • Bad roads, boats could sink • Venice most powerful merchant city - traded with Asia (silks, spices) • Marco Polo went to Asia in 1271, opened up that continent for trade

  13. Writing and Record Keeping • Keepers of Information • Universities, Monasteries, King’s Court • Printing press means more books available for cheaper prices - lower classes can read!

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