Renaissance Flashcards
Italian Renaissance
1300-1699, Italy
followed the Dark Ages (Greek & Roman)
Renaissance definition
French for rebirth
What were the 5 City States?
Venice, Milan, Florence, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples
What were City States?
They were independently ruled and very wealthy
Why Italy
Trade/Commerce, Location, Lack of Feudalism, Bankers & Wealthy Patrons.
Politics
Popolo’s, Oligarchies, Sihnoras, Communes
What is Popolo’s
Protects commoners
What is an Oligarches
Power of urban nobility
What is a Signora
When a Lord has control
What are Communes
Shared responsibility
The fall of Rome caused what?
the Italian Renaissance
Fundamental Ideas of the Renaissance
Humanism, Secularism, Individualism.
What is Humanism?
The belief was human beings are the center of life’s attention.
People are capable of reason
Classical studies
Shift from heaven and God
What is Secularism?
“of this world”
separated the state from Religion/Church
Based on material world
What is Individualism?
Focus of freedom of Individual
Freedom and Moral world
Focus on talents/uniqueness
Middle Ages vs. Renaissance
Middle Ages = discouraged self-absorption, For god
Renaissance = focused on individuals, for individual
Idea & Arts
Partons: Medici Family, Church
War of the Roses
English Civil war 1455-1487
Cause of the War of the Roses?
Edward III died, fighting for the throne between sons
Who were Edward III’s sons
Edward the Black Prince, Lionel of Antwerp, John of Gaunt, and Edmund of Langly
Edward the Black Prince
Dies = Richard II
What is going on?`
the last ruler, King Richard II (10 years old), died without an heir (usurped and murdered by Henry IV).
Technically all from the same family tree/ same grandfather (Edward III) and different dads (Richard II= Black Prince/ Henry IV= John of Gaunt who was also super rich)
Henry IV’s (Henry Bolingsbroke) descendants=
Lancaster faction (male side- John of Gaunt)
Edmund of Langley descendants=
York faction (no heirs passed to his nephew Richard 3 Duke of York- Richard’s mom was related to Lionel Antwerp)
Red Rose
Lancaster
White Rose
York
Pink Rose
Tudor