RENAISSANCE: THE REBIRTH OF

EUROPE

WARM-UP 1. After your cover and table of

contents page….. 2. Title next clean page – Renaissance:

Introduction 3. Copy the following…

Who?What?When?Where?Why?How?

EUROPEANS ENCOUNTER NEW CULTURES

The Crusades – military expeditions to the Holy Land - had great influence on life in Western Europe.

The long distances traveled by the Crusaders opened up trade routes, connecting Western Europeans with people of southwestern Asia and North Africa.

This increased contact helped Europeans rediscover the ideas and achievements of the ancient Greeks and Romans preserved by the Church and Muslim scholars.

THE REBIRTH OF EUROPE Over time, this

interest in the ancient world sparked a new era of creativity and learning in Western Europe.

This cultural era, which lasted from about 1350 – 1650 A.D., is called the Renaissance or the rebirth of Greek and Roman ideas.

THE ITALIAN CITY-STATES The Renaissance

began on the Italian Peninsula in the mid 1300s.

The Italian Peninsula was divided into city-states.

Northern city-states were centers of banking, trade, and manufacturing. Trade – Venice and

Genoa Banking – Florence

ITALIAN ARISTOCRATS – A CHANGING VIEW OF THE WORLD

The wealthy businesspeople who lived in these city-states were members of a new class of aristocrats.

Unlike the nobles of the feudal system, these aristocrats lived in cities, and their wealth came from money and goods rather than from the lands they owned.

Wealthy Europeans began to turn their attention to material comforts of life.

New wealth allowed aristocrats to build large homes with elaborate decorations.

They are expensive food and dressed in fine clothes and jewels.

Aristocrats also placed increased emphasis on education and the arts.

LEARNING AND THE ARTS FLOURISHWealthy citizens were proud of their city-states and often became generous patrons.

A patron gave artists and scholars money and places to live and work.

Patrons hired architects and designers to improve local churches, to design grand new buildings, and to create public sculptures and fountains.

As one Italian city-state made additions and improvements, others competed to outdo it.

PATRONS COMPETE FOR THEIR CITY-STATE As part of the

competition to improve the appearance and status of their individual city-states, patrons wanted to attract the brightest and best-known scholars and poets of the time.

Patrons believed that the contributions of these individuals would, in turn, add to the greatness of their city-states and attract more wealth.

THE MEDICI FAMILY OF FLORENCE

Among the most famous patrons of the Renaissance were the Medici. They were a wealthy family of bankers and merchants. In fact, there were the most powerful leaders of Florence from the early 1400s until the 1700s.

The Medici family became so powerful that the family included famous princes and dukes, two queens, and four popes. Throughout the 1400s and 1500s, the Medici supported many famous artists including Botticelli, Michelangelo and Raphael. Today. Florence is still filled with important works of art made possible by the Medici.

REBIRTH IDEAS – WHAT ARE THEY? Science

Astronomy Anatomy Biology

Math Inventions

Printing Press Helicoptor

Literature Poetry Plays Books

Trade

Some of these ideas began to challenge age old beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church and Kings/Queens of Europe.

RENAISSANCE SPREADSBy the 1500s and 1600s, the Renaissance began to spread throughout Western Europe and Northern Europe. Now much of Europe was emerging from the Middle Ages and enjoying a new world!

REVIEWWho?What?When?Where?Why?How?

REVIEW YOUR WORK Who? Crusaders open trade routes. Patrons gave

money and assistance to artists and scholars. The Medici family was influential in Florence.

What? Rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman ideas When? 1350 - 1650 Where? City-states on northern Italian Peninsula.

Spread to northern and western Europe. Why? Crusaders open trade routes and people

rediscovered the ancient Greek and roman work. Merchants and business people became wealthy from trade and wanted to enjoy their wealth.

How? Business people paid architects, engineers, artists, and scholars to make their city-states and homes “very nice”. Science, Math, Literature, Sculptors, Architecture, Engineering, Painting.

INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY Design an acrostic explaining how the

Renaissance was the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman ideas.

In your acrostic use colorful words to explain how the Renaissance was the rebirth of Greek and Roman ideas.