economics and politics of the renaissance
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Economics and Politics of the Renaissance. Essential Question. How did politics and economies change during the Renaissance?. Changing Economies. Move away from feudalism because of trade Middle Ages: wealth = land/nobility Renaissance : w ealth = trade/money. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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