Renaissance – Out of the Dark Ages

RENAISSANCE – OUT OF THE DARK AGES

When?What?Where?Northern RenaissanceHow ideas spreadGutenberg

When?

1330s – 1600s The Renaissance marks a period of

intellectual and artistic achievement after the Dark Ages

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?

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?

Where? began in Florence, Italy

& spread north Why Italy? Center of classical culture

of Rome & Greece -- visible reminders of Rome’s glory

Where? Towns remained trade

centers & grew powerful/populous after the Crusades

Italy’s city-states (ruled by a wealthy and powerful merchant class)

Example – Florence (Medici Family)

Why would Italy have a strong and rich merchant class?

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?

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

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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