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