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Renaissance Main Points

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Humanism
Challenge the Church
Crusades=New knowledge
Art
Education
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Italy

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Center between east and west

Wealthy because not affected by Black Plague

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Desposts

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Maintain order
People
Armies
Mercenaries
Controlling
Do whatever it takes to get what they want
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Example of Desposts

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De Medici
Borgia
Machiavelli

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Machiavelli

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The Prince: advice
The end justifies the means
It is better to be feared than loved

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Humanism

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Celebration of humanity and worth

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Petrarch

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Love sonnets
Not about church
Vernacular: accessible knowledge
Father of Humanism

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Dante

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The Divine Comedy

  • Criticizes the church
  • 9 Circles of hell: Important clergy included
  • Revealed faults
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Florentine Academy

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Revive Greek studies
The Academy (Plato)
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Lorenzo Valla

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False Donation of Constantine
First time proof against church
Different vernacular “fief”

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Medieval Art

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Church: light halo
Dull
No perception: 2D
Creepy

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Renaissance Art

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Perception: 3D
Landscape
Light
Depth
Detail
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Da Vinci

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Renaissance man
Proficient
Genius

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France

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Collapse of English Empire
France more influence in France rather than England
Land divided by France and Austria
Hapsburgs (Austrian)

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Spain

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Ferdinand and Isabella
Christianize all of Spain
Kick out Muslims
Reconquista (1st):Take land back (Spain)
Inquisition (2nd): Torture heretics
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England

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War of Roses
30 yrs
Lancaster: Henry Tudor–» VII (king of England)
Henry VIII (son) reform in England

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Holy Roman Empire

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300 independent states
Divide territory for all sons (generations)
Golden Bull
Reichstag

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Golden Bull

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Electoral college

Unite Holy Roman Empire under Holy Roman Emperor

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Reichstag

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Congress

Representatives: Northern Renaissance

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Erasmus

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Northern humanist
Translated to vernacular
Reform religion without no new religion

21
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Agricola

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Father of German Humanism

22
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Thomas More

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Utopia

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Portugal

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Line of exploration
Conquistadors
Exploration
Enslaved natives