What led up to the Renaissance?
Fall of Rome & the regression back into Feudalism
The Crusades
The Bubonic Plague
Great geological/trade location
Establishing the city-states
New ideas were mostly inspired by the Romans and the Greeks, who were considered trailblazers
Economic and Political Developments/Commercial Developments
Florence was the heart of the Art Renaissance
Northern city-states like Venice, Milan, and Genoa grew wealthy because they had access to the seas and the Middle Eastern trade routes
Genoa and Venice made faster ships by using the innovations of the Middle East. It allowed them to ship more goods better economy
During the Late 1200s, Florence’s merchants and bankers controlled European banks …show more content…
Matthew 19:24 in The Bible
Education
Humanist treatises (books) emphasize the importance of having knowledge about everything and using it correctly. Humanist schools spread across Europe and became the basic education of the upper and middle-class people
What subjects/skills did the humanists teach class men in their schools?
Latin grammar
Etiquette
Roman history and Greek literature
“Speech & debate” skills
Skills need for government, business, law, and military occupations
Most humanists believed women should not concern themselves with the new education and should learn how to take up the role of the “wife”
Ex. “On The Family”-Leon Battista Alberti
Humanist writers
Baldassare Castiglione is the 1st humanist writer 1528—Wrote “The Courtier”= Renaissance man 101
1500s-1600s: The treatise influences social life in Europe
Pico Della Mirandola (1463-1494) wrote “Dignity of Man” in 1486 Humans are half-holy beings that are able to do the impossible because we are like God
Dante Alighieri wrote, “Divine Comedy” in 1321. The “Divine Comedy” is an allegorical trilogy about a trip through hell, purgatory, and paradise.
Political …show more content…
Utopia=nowhere
More talked about the ideal socialist community and he tried to prove greed was the root of societal problems
Desiderius Erasmus
He wrote “The education of a Christian Prince” (1504) and “The Praise of Folly”(1509)
• Taught the importance of having a well educated society
• Believed Christianity is all about Jesus Christ and what He says
• Makes fun of the Catholic Church in “Praise of Folly”.
• His thoughts contributed to the religious reform
Printed Word
Johan Gutenberg developed a rearrangeable metal type method in Germany
The idea improved upon the Chinese method of block printing
The block method could only be used couple of times which was very inefficient and time-consuming
Ideas and propaganda started to get passed around faster by printing rather than hand-copying
Literacy increased because reading became an individual activity
A Block-book was a book made completely from block carvings of the pages
Types were molds of symbols and letters
The 5 steps of the printing process:
1) Setup the types in rows
2) Proofread a copy
3) Apply ink
4) Put it through the press
5) Set pages out to dry
By 1480, 110 cities in Europe had printing
Fall of Rome & the regression back into Feudalism
The Crusades
The Bubonic Plague
Great geological/trade location
Establishing the city-states
New ideas were mostly inspired by the Romans and the Greeks, who were considered trailblazers
Economic and Political Developments/Commercial Developments
Florence was the heart of the Art Renaissance
Northern city-states like Venice, Milan, and Genoa grew wealthy because they had access to the seas and the Middle Eastern trade routes
Genoa and Venice made faster ships by using the innovations of the Middle East. It allowed them to ship more goods better economy
During the Late 1200s, Florence’s merchants and bankers controlled European banks …show more content…
Matthew 19:24 in The Bible
Education
Humanist treatises (books) emphasize the importance of having knowledge about everything and using it correctly. Humanist schools spread across Europe and became the basic education of the upper and middle-class people
What subjects/skills did the humanists teach class men in their schools?
Latin grammar
Etiquette
Roman history and Greek literature
“Speech & debate” skills
Skills need for government, business, law, and military occupations
Most humanists believed women should not concern themselves with the new education and should learn how to take up the role of the “wife”
Ex. “On The Family”-Leon Battista Alberti
Humanist writers
Baldassare Castiglione is the 1st humanist writer 1528—Wrote “The Courtier”= Renaissance man 101
1500s-1600s: The treatise influences social life in Europe
Pico Della Mirandola (1463-1494) wrote “Dignity of Man” in 1486 Humans are half-holy beings that are able to do the impossible because we are like God
Dante Alighieri wrote, “Divine Comedy” in 1321. The “Divine Comedy” is an allegorical trilogy about a trip through hell, purgatory, and paradise.
Political …show more content…
Utopia=nowhere
More talked about the ideal socialist community and he tried to prove greed was the root of societal problems
Desiderius Erasmus
He wrote “The education of a Christian Prince” (1504) and “The Praise of Folly”(1509)
• Taught the importance of having a well educated society
• Believed Christianity is all about Jesus Christ and what He says
• Makes fun of the Catholic Church in “Praise of Folly”.
• His thoughts contributed to the religious reform
Printed Word
Johan Gutenberg developed a rearrangeable metal type method in Germany
The idea improved upon the Chinese method of block printing
The block method could only be used couple of times which was very inefficient and time-consuming
Ideas and propaganda started to get passed around faster by printing rather than hand-copying
Literacy increased because reading became an individual activity
A Block-book was a book made completely from block carvings of the pages
Types were molds of symbols and letters
The 5 steps of the printing process:
1) Setup the types in rows
2) Proofread a copy
3) Apply ink
4) Put it through the press
5) Set pages out to dry
By 1480, 110 cities in Europe had printing