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Agenda. 9.9.10. Unit II – The Early Modern World: Renaissance and Reformation. Drill – Secular means worldly, materialistic or motivated by money. Do you think we live in a secular or spiritual country? Explain. Why was the renaissance known as a “ rebirth”? Powerpoint - The Renaissance

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  1. Agenda 9.9.10

  2. Unit II – The Early Modern World: Renaissance and Reformation • Drill – Secular means worldly, materialistic or motivated by money. Do you think we live in a secular or spiritual country? Explain. • Why was the renaissance known as a “rebirth”? • Powerpoint- The Renaissance • Homework – Finish taking notes on chapter 5, section 1 (165 – 167), and READ 168 - 169

  3. The Renaissance • The Italian Renaissance • 1350 – 1600 • Renaissance means “rebirth” • Italians felt they witnessed a “rebirth” of ancient Greece and Rome • Characterized by THREE things: • Italy was an URBAN society • City-states were the center of Italian political, economic and social life CHURCH POWER DECLINED • City-states = secular (worldly, materialistic and focused on wealth)

  4. Italy • Satellite image • Looks like a boot!

  5. 2. Age of Recovery • People recovered from political instability and the plague; developed interest in ancient cultures • Church power declined; had time for intellectual and secular pursuits 3. Emphasis on Individual Ability • Higher regard for human worth • Ex. Leonardo da Vinci – painter, sculptor, architect and mathematician

  6. The Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Man (and one ugly guy)

  7. The Italian States • Italy didn’t have one strong monarch, instead had strong city-states: Milan, Florence, Venice • City-states had profited from trade with the Middle East (a result of the Crusades), and had access to silks, sugar and spices • Milan: Visconti and Sforza rulers built a strong state. Had efficient tax system that brought lots of $ to the state. • Venice: Run by a small group of wealthy merchant-aristocrats – strong trade network. • Florence: Run by the Medici family. Ran the city from behind the scenes.

  8. Major city-states in Italy, 1494

  9. As city-states got wealthier, church power declined • The Italian Wars • Charles VIII of France was jealous of Italy’s wealth • Sent 30,000 soldiers to Italy in 1494 • Italy called Spain for help, and for 30 years, Spain and France fought for domination in Italy • Spain finally won in 1527 when Spanish king, Charles I, gave his troops permission to loot the city of Rome.

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