World History Mr. Kallusingh

Renaissance means rebirth. It was a rebirth of society, mainly Greek and Roman

The world changed from rural to urban, and people began to emphasize self before society

Milan- was on a major trade route, had a well organized government that was setup by Visconti family and Francesco Sforza

Venice- was built on trade and run by aristocrats, became an international power

Florence- run by the Medici family and was the birthplace of the renaissance

Milan

FlorenceVenice

Humanism- the study of the classics, which is ancient Greek and Roman grammar/ rhetoric/ poetry/ philosophy/ history

Leonardo Da Vinci- Mona Lisa, Last Supper

Michelangelo- Sistine Chapel, Sculpture of David

Raphael- Virgin Mary, School of Athens Jan Van Eyck- first to use oil Albrecht Durer- copied Italian ideals,

Adoration of the Magi

Dante- Divine comedy that talks about the soul’s journey to salvation

Chaucer- writes the Canterbury Tales Christine de Pizan- writes The Book of the

City of Ladies that talks about women rights Machiavelli- writes the Prince that is about

how to be a ruler Castiglione- writes The Book of the Courtier

that explains how to act in public

Johannes Gutenberg made the printing press which allowed for manuscripts to be more abundant

What are going to be some of the effects of the printing press on society?

Where did the Renaissance start? Then it moved to Europe due to trade

and the printing press Famous writers emerged like Erasmus

and More who wrote Utopia Famous painters emerged especially

from the Flemish school

Problems with the church were the pope was more concerned with politics than he was spiritual matters, church officials were more concerned with making money (indulgences), they did not know how to help people get salvation

Important people early were the Christian humanist like Erasmus

Martin Luther nailed the ninety-five theses to the church to complain about the many problems he witnessed. He was excommunicated and made an outlaw

Ulrich Zwingli brought about the idea of abolishing relics and images

John Calvin introduced the idea of predestination

King Henry VIII wanted an annulment but the pope refused

Eventually the Catholic Church realized they had to make changes or lose all their followers

The church leaders came together at the Council of Trent and made changes; no more indulgences, faith and good works for salvation, kept seven sacraments, kept Eucharist, kept clerical celibacy

Copernicus- presented that the universe was heliocentric(sun) not geocentric(earth)

Kepler- proved Copernicus was right Galileo- invented the telescope and proved all

objects fall at the same rate Newton- he discovered the laws of motion and

gravitation Other Ideas that were discovered were calculus

and chemistry, the microscope was invented as well