italian renaissance
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Italian RenaissanceItalian Renaissance
HumanismHumanism
• Intellectual movement focusing on secular themes rather than religious ideas
• Greek and Latin• Individualism• Human improvement• Education• Challenge tradition (Pope’s
supremacy)
• Intellectual movement focusing on secular themes rather than religious ideas
• Greek and Latin• Individualism• Human improvement• Education• Challenge tradition (Pope’s
supremacy)
Class SystemClass System
• Upper class - merchants and bankers
• Middle class - shopkeepers who employeed large numbers of poor workers
• Lower class - workers from urban areas and peasants (farm workers)
• Upper class - merchants and bankers
• Middle class - shopkeepers who employeed large numbers of poor workers
• Lower class - workers from urban areas and peasants (farm workers)
City-State GovernmentCity-State Government
• Ruled by wealthy families - trading and banking
• Tried to suppress workers wanting equal rights and lower taxes
• Usually had many social conflicts among the classes
• Ruled by wealthy families - trading and banking
• Tried to suppress workers wanting equal rights and lower taxes
• Usually had many social conflicts among the classes
City-State GovernmentCity-State Government
• Conflicts led to turning power over to a single ruler (signori)
• Some had to rule as dictators to stop uprisings
• Some gained popularity by offering services to people and holding public festivals
• Conflicts led to turning power over to a single ruler (signori)
• Some had to rule as dictators to stop uprisings
• Some gained popularity by offering services to people and holding public festivals
ItalyItaly• Not truly a single entity• City-states ruled over their own territory• City-states often fought with one another• City states hired professional soldiers
(condottieri) so as to not interrupt business
• Eventually city-states signed agreements not to threaten one another
• Not truly a single entity• City-states ruled over their own territory• City-states often fought with one another• City states hired professional soldiers
(condottieri) so as to not interrupt business
• Eventually city-states signed agreements not to threaten one another
FlorenceFlorence
• Ruled by Medici family• Cosimo - introduced income tax
and made improvement such as sewers and paved streets
• Lorenzo - supported artists and held public festivals
• Ruled by Medici family• Cosimo - introduced income tax
and made improvement such as sewers and paved streets
• Lorenzo - supported artists and held public festivals
Girolamo SavonarolaGirolamo Savonarola
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RomeRome
• The wealthy and powerful of Rome = the Pope and his Cardinals
• Renaissance Popes often focused on political goals (power and land) rather than religious goals.
• The wealthy and powerful of Rome = the Pope and his Cardinals
• Renaissance Popes often focused on political goals (power and land) rather than religious goals.
VeniceVenice
• Important trade link between Asia and western Europe
• Government headed by a doge, who was elected by a committee of the wealthiest merchants.
• Important trade link between Asia and western Europe
• Government headed by a doge, who was elected by a committee of the wealthiest merchants.
Spread of the Renaissance
Spread of the Renaissance
• War – France invaded Italy in 1494• Trading – Northern Italian traders
spread information and showed their new wealth
• Travel – Europeans travelled to Italy to learn from them.
• Kings and Queens called Italian scholars to their own countries
• War – France invaded Italy in 1494• Trading – Northern Italian traders
spread information and showed their new wealth
• Travel – Europeans travelled to Italy to learn from them.
• Kings and Queens called Italian scholars to their own countries
Johannes GutenbergJohannes Gutenberg
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