The Renaissance: Social Overview

The Renaissance (1050-1300)

1. Politics

   • Catholic Judges
   • Rulers
     • King Henery VIII
     • King Ferdinand & Queen Isobella
   • Oligarchy
   • City States
   • Prince Conflict
   • Reformation
     • Catholics
       • Pope Leo X
       • John Tetzle
         • Sold Indulgences
     • Protestants
       • Martin Luther
         • Lutherism
       • John Calvin
         • Faith alone can save you
       • Anabaptists

2. Economy

   • New Technology
     • Printing Press
       • Pecia System
     • New Ships
       • More ways to trade
         • More wealth
         • Spices
         • Cattle
         • Horses
         • Tobacco
   • Capitalism
     • Privately Owned Buisnesses
       • Allowed Opportunity to Gain More Wealth
     • Trades on Goods & Services for Currency
   • First Banks

3. Philosophy

   • Humanism
     • Peace
     • Secularism
       • No longer focused on life after death
       • Machiavelli
         • Ideal Leader
         • Military Strateegic
         • Known as Evil
       • Turn away from churches
   • Providence
   • Individualism
     • Philosophers came with new ideas
   • Heiodnism
     • Erasmus
       • Peace

4. Social Aspects

   • Women's Status Declining
   • The Reformation
     • Propoganda
       • Traveling Merchants
       • Pamphlets
       • Pictures
       • Songs
     • Languages
     • Education
       • Universities
         • Access to Books & Documents
   • Social Class
     • Borgouise
       • Has a lot of wealth
     • Petite Borgoise
       • Middle Class
     • Proletariat
       • Low Class, Poor
     • Karl Marx

5. Exploration

   • Christopher Columbus
     • Tried to Find Asia
       • Gold
       • Wealth
       • Miscalculated Earth's Size
         • Discovered North America
   • Interactions with Natives
     • Slavery
       • Put on Ships
         • Died on ships
     • Genocide
       • Killed and tortured tribes

6. Art

   • Portraits
   • Revival of Nude Paintings
     • Self Awareness
   • Artists
     • Michel Angelo
       • School of Athens
         • Plato
         • Socrates
     • Raphael
   • Music
   • Detailed
   • Introduced Beauty and Perfection