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Global History Regents Review Notes (Italian Renaissance) Humanism Focus on world-y subjects than on rel. issues Humanist scholars were pious Christine Sang
JCH8 Notes Video Link - Renaissance https://youtu.be/A-SGl9faIQg   Video Link What significant changes took place in the fields of the arts and science during the Renaissance?https://youtu.be/lSbGn2BjkqA Key words... Homeschool Covey
Untitled The Renaissance A period of time in ancient Europe meaning “rebirth” These societies developed are not religious (sometime Sundays) During this period of time the Europeans are trying to recover from the Black death. ... Jasmine Norman
Chapter 13: The Renaissance - created from Mind Map Economic Development   Merchants who took advantage of the changing work opportunities made more money, which allowed them to pay for luxuries and hire artists through patronage to produce specific art.  The... Hannah Peacock
Renaissance -09/17/20- Annabel Barbour
Unit 1: Renaissance UNIT 1: THE RENAISSANCE 1. What is a worldview? What factors shape a society's worldview? -A worldview is a collection of values and beliefs about life and the universe that is common to a group of people. Social syst... Vanessa Wynker
The Renaissance The Renaissance (1350 - 1550) - The beginning of Modern History - Started in Italy (Rome) - A rebirth of learning and reawakening of European culture Causes: - Decline of Feudalism: middle class starts to grow and mor... Juliet Shim
The Renaissance Why did the Renaissance start in Italy the influence of greek scholars: in 1453 the turks conquered the greek city of Constantinople, the greeks fled to Italy bringing their manuscripts which interests the Italia... Abbie Cunningham
Social Studies Midterm Study Sheet Women did not gain equality with men during the Renaissance  Serfs were obedient to their landlords Guilds were like unions  Know the social hierarchy for medieval times  In the medieval worldview peopl... Hailey Jonker
CHY4U - Midterm Review The Renaissance Modern age Europe begins with the Renaissance (meaning Rebirth) Period from 1350-1600 in Western Europe Intellects and artists believed that they were part of a new golden age Individualism - People so... Chelsea Procyk
Renaissance Dante: A Renaissance writer who described his visions of hell / purgatory / heaven in a book called “ The Divine Comedy” Machiavelli:  a famous writer and political philosopher who gave advice to leader... Shanya C
Francesco Petrarch Francesco PetrarchBy Katrien ClintbergIntroduction Francesco Petrarch was a famous author, scholar and one of the earliest humanists who lived during the 14th century. He is often referred to as ‘The Father of Humanis... kclintbe
JCH8.1 PIH Essay notes Video Link: Leonardo da Vinci  https://youtu.be/aZjBCjVDE4k A named Renaissance artist from Italy. So, in short... Name and introduce your artist. Talk about his training and patron. Describe what he di... Homeschool Covey
The Renaissance The Printing Press Gutenberg's Press: 1439 Printing brought standardization to English Spelling and grammar became fixed First English dictionary was published Increase in book production More people read Key Characte... Justice Evans
The Renaissance The Renaissance ("re-birth") was a cultural movement that spanned the 14th to 17th centuries beginning in Florence, Italy in the late Middle Ages and then spreading to the rest of Europe.1) Education - became more imp... Equinox
Renaissance Notes The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Taking place from the 14th century to the 17th century The Renaissance promoted the redi... Miranda Calderon
Chapter 1 Quiz - The Renaissance Why did cities grow? Trade - exotic silk - knowledge was acquired City-states - self-governed Peasants + nobles left over from the plague moved to the cities - there’s hardly anyone left Mountains - protected them - C... Inioluwa Ogun
The Italian Renaissance During the Middle Ages, much of  the progress of the western world had  fallen into sharp decline as cities,  libraries, instructions and the rest of  European society fell to outside  invader... Madeleine Gunn
The Renaissance - created from Mind Map What was the Renaissance? Means "rebirth" or "revival" Began in Italy in the fourteenth centuary Revival of interest in Ancient Greece and Rome Largely forgotten during Middle Ages Scholars once again became intereste... kerrie20001
Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) 1490's: Secretary in the Florentine Chancery, Republican Government Son of a lawyer Humanist Education Political Career Diplomatic Missions Republican model Builder of an army Fear was ... charlylala98
Social Studies 8 Study Guide Jenna Hunsberger
Renaissance - created from Mind Map Ancient Greek and RomeThe ancient Greek and Rome is important because the Renaissance based their ideas on the ancient Greek and Rome. Without Greek and Rome the Renaissance can't base their ideas on them. Therefore, ... Hong Kai Tan
social studies: the renaissance The Silk Road  - Europeans were interested in goods from places like Chain and Japan, many people became traders because of this - Diseases travelled on The Silk Road, travelling person to persons - Ideas and kno... David Ola
Untitled William Shakespheare was born in 1564 in an English town called Stratford upon Avon to a whelthy family. He got married at 18 and had children but decided to move to London in persuit of his career. He began writ... Hayden Smith
Mind Map - created from Mind Map Changes in Society: • 1300’s, Black Death, starvation, warfare had overtaken Europe•Decrease in population led to: – Increase in food production. The Italian Renaissance:It is widely accepted that the Renaissance star... FELIPE GOMEZ ARISMENDY
RENAISSANCE AND HUMANISM - creado desde un Mapa Mental REISSANCE HUMANISM BEST INVENTION Jimena Duque Cárdenas
Untitled Human history is full of genius, but which one is the greatest? The answer can be a mathematic, like Pythagoras, a musician, like Beethoven or Chopin, a philosopher, like Socrates, Plato or Aristotle, a writer, like S... ray resende
The Renaissance Begins The Renaissance Begins The was a time that emphasized secularism. It also was the start of the grown theory of humanism which is the interest in humans as opposed to religion. The Renaissance was the time of the ... Amaryllis Barbosa
hg - created from Mind Map Reformers begin to challenge both secular and religious rules and practice Germany England Carole Rodriguez
Untitled Renaissance = "Rebirth"  (1321-1527) ·         They’re doing this is to progress society forward ·         Took place in Italy o&nbs... jillait
The Renaissance The Renaissance: Important Dates: - 1517- Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses and put them on the Church Doors. - 1455- Gutenberg printed the 1st Bible - 1513- Niccolo Machiavelli wrote "The Prints" - 1588- The  En... Jordan Parke
The Renaissance - creado desde un Mapa Mental This period of interest and developments This period of interest and developments in art, literature and science. This period of interest and developments in arts, science and literature TOMAS DIEZ RENDON
Renaissance - created from Mind Map Independent thinking Humanism Rebirth Classical Ideas Jason LEe
Renaissance - created from Mind Map Florence, Italy Non religious themes Rebirth of classical ideas Anastasia Barysheva
Printing Press Printing Press -The printing press made people want to learn to read and write -Monks were already able to read and write  -The printing press was created by a man named Johanees Gutenberg in 1450.  -The inv... Valantina Yousif
CHANGING CULTURAL TRADITIONS Q1.Why were italian towns the first toexpirience the ideas of humanism? Malaika Saini

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