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Page 1: The Renaissance Major Characteristics. Renaissance What: An age of recovery that saw a re- birth of classical culture from ancient Greece and Rome

The Renaissance

Major Characteristics

Page 2: The Renaissance Major Characteristics. Renaissance What: An age of recovery that saw a re- birth of classical culture from ancient Greece and Rome

Renaissance

What: An age of recovery that saw a re-birth of classical culture from ancient Greece and Rome

Page 3: The Renaissance Major Characteristics. Renaissance What: An age of recovery that saw a re- birth of classical culture from ancient Greece and Rome

Renaissance

When: Started in the late 14th century and extended into the early 16th century

Page 4: The Renaissance Major Characteristics. Renaissance What: An age of recovery that saw a re- birth of classical culture from ancient Greece and Rome

Renaissance

Where: Began in the Italian city-states before spreading to northern and western Europe

Page 5: The Renaissance Major Characteristics. Renaissance What: An age of recovery that saw a re- birth of classical culture from ancient Greece and Rome

Renaissance

Who: Elite phenomenon that had only an indirect impact on the great mass of society

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Renaissance

How: This new urban society emerged out of the growing wealth from trade that promoted a new spirit for enjoying more worldly things (growth in secularism & individualism)

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Renaissance

Why:

Growing corruption and weakness of the Church

Increasing recovery from the dismal 14th century

Discovery of the ancient classics

Spread of printing

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Renaissance

Historical significance:

Promoted a new worldview that emphasized individual ability and worldly accomplishments

Page 9: The Renaissance Major Characteristics. Renaissance What: An age of recovery that saw a re- birth of classical culture from ancient Greece and Rome

Effects of the Renaissance• Humanism• A form of education and culture based on the study of

the classics of ancient Rome & Greece (Petrarch)• Program revolved around the “Liberal Arts” –

grammar, rhetoric, poetry, ethics, & history• This was often seen as something that should be

shared with the broader community in the sense of a civic duty to serve the city-state (Italian)

• An underlying belief in the educatibility of all human beings (education was key to true freedom in that it allowed people to achieve their full potential)

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Effects of the Renaissance

Development of Vernacular Languages

Impact of PrintingDeveloped during this time period

Johannes Gutenberg and moveable type (between 1445 and 1450)

Quickly became one of the largest industries in Europe

Encouraged scholarly learning and research, sharing of research, expanded literacy