economics and politics of the renaissance

Economics and Politics of the Renaissance

Renaissance Review

What is Realism? ExampleWhat is Humanism? ExampleWhat is Secularism? ExampleWhat is Individualism? Example

Essential Question

How did politics, economics, and warfare change during the Renaissance?

Economic ChangesMove away from feudalism because of tradeMiddle Ages: wealth = land/nobility

Renaissance : wealth = trade/money.

Growth of cities and urban workersMade Wages

Growth of the Middle Class

Merchants and Middle Class grow

Are able to be educated

Creation of BanksNeed a place to keep moneyNeed loans to start businesses/trade

What is created?

WEALTH

Politics – Who Rules?

Monarchies in France, England, Spain

Urban Oligarchies in Italian CitiesWealthy families controlled gov’t

Example: Medici Family

The Medici FamilyA powerful banking family that controlled Florence

They were also patrons of the arts http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=0enkNIMAPHU

Church vs the MonarchiesChurch begins to lose some power as kings and queens desire more control over their country.

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What do the governments do?

Create armies, build roads, support the arts, build schools

Taxed the people to pay for all this

How did governments get the money?

Taxed the wealth of their subjects

Gunpowder makes its way to Europe by 1300. Make cannons and guns

Castles and walls become worthless because of gunpowder/cannons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2JJCeXW

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Military Changes

Impact on us todayThe economies and governments of the Renaissance lay the foundation for our modern economy and government