intro to renaisssance

8/14/2019 Intro to Renaisssance

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The European Renaissance

How did the

civilizations of Asia,

Africa, and the Islamic

World help sparklearning in Europe?

How is the European

Renaissance a

process of global

exchange?


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What is the European

Renaissance?

A cultural movement from the 14th -17th

century (1300s-1600s)

The European Renaissance began in Italyand spread north- It means rebirth in

French

It influenced literature, philosophy, art,

politics, science, and religion


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Islamic roots to the European

Renaissance

European Scholars began to study original

Roman, Greek and Islamic texts directly

The Muslim World also inherited the

heritage of Greece and Rome they had

copied ancient documents and improved

on ancient learning


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Europe at 1300


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Global Exchange

The Italian city states

Venice and Genoa

were able to tap into

the wealth of theIslamic, Indian, and

Chinese civilizations

through trade


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Islamic Achievements

Great centers of learning Cairo, Cordoba,Baghdad

Advances in:Philosophy,

Medicine,

Mathematics,

Astronomy

Cartography,Social sciences,

art, music, literature


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Influence of the Mongols:

How did they unite the Eurasian landmass?

What did they bring West from China?


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Where did these new ways of thinking come

from?


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Mongol influence on the Silk Road

From 1204 to 1368, the

Mongol Empire united

most of the Eurasian land

mass-revived silk road

trade zone and broughtmany Chinese inventions

to the Middle East and

the Byzantine empire and

eventually Europe -compass, stirrups,

printing press, paper,

gunpowder, rudder


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The Influence of the Byzantine Empire:

The Byzantine Empire

preserved some of

the learning of the

Greeks and theRomans

Constantinople

connected by trade to

both the Silk Roadand the

Mediterranean world


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What changed in Europe to create

conditions for the Renaissance? The Crusades showed

the Europeans howadvanced the MuslimWorld was. This awoke a

hunger for new goodsand new learning- likemedical advances, sugar,textiles, almonds, spices,science etc.

European scholars beganto visit Islamic centers oflearning and bring backideas-


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Influence in Europe

Through these many new sources

Europeans discovered that the ancients

did not always agree with each other.

This also helped Renaissance scholars todebate and questions established ideas.

Wh t h d i E t t


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conditions for Renaissance?


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conditions for the Renaissance?

The Black Death killed 1/3 of thepopulation of Europe

Some people turned to religion tofind answers, but others turnedaway from the Church

There was more land and fewerworkers in Europe now- peoplecould demand better treatmentfrom landlords-they looked to lifeon earth for happiness- not justheaven.

The garments of dead were turnedinto rag paper- books becamecheaper at the same time theprinting press (a Chinese, Korean,German invention) evolved


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Why did the Renaissance begin in

Italy?

Italian city-states looked to thesea for their economicprosperity. Genoa and Venicecontrolled the Mediterraneantrade routes that connected

Europe with the Islamic,Mongol, and ByzantineEmpires.

surrounded by the ruins ofRome

ruled by the merchant class-

they believed that they earnedtheir social ranks (unlikenobility) so placed highemphasis on individual merit


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Why Florence?

Florence was ruled by

the Medici family who

gave great donations

to support the arts


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Renaissance Themes

Humanism- looks at human potential and achievements,encourages people to go back to the original sourcesand interpret them for themselves

Enjoyment of worldly pleasures-without offending God

Patrons of the arts- the Roman Catholic Church and thewealthy

Renaissance men strive to master almost every areaof study (universal man) both academic and artistic (be adancer, poet, scholar, and a swordsman etc.)

Renaissance women- inspire art but rarely create it,know Classics and be charming but dont seek fame

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