Renaissance Flashcards
renaissance means
rebirth, a conscious return to the Greeks and Romans, removal/divorce of Medieval culture
what did the renaissance create and name an example
literary cannons = good literary works everyone reads, Sir Philip Sidney- “defense of poesy”
what is the early modern period
- connection between 16th and 21st century
- shift in Linguistics toward modern English
- Sweeping cultural shift: generalized state, market economy, individualism
what Place spawned the Renaissance
Italy
The crusades stimulated trade between & how
between Europe and the Muslim Empire, by introducing Europeans to many desirable products
effects of the Crusades
- increased demand for middle eastern products
- stimulated production of goods to trade in middle Eastern markets
- encouraged the use of credit and banking
Who is the banking family
Medici family
important economic concepts
- church rule against usury and the banks practice of charging interest helped to secularism northern Italy
- letters of credit served to expand the supply of money and expedite trade
- new accounting and bookkeeping practice (use of Arabic numbers) were introduced
and intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements
humanism
humanism attached prime importance to what
human rather than supernatural or divine matters
humanism stresses
- goodness of humans both individually and collectively
- common human needs
- rational ways of solving human problems such as critical thinking
Who is the father of humanism
Francisco Petrarch
men were represented as superior in
scripture, medicine, morality, history, philosophy
when did England see uninterrupted female rule
1553–1603
what was the societal structure
patriarchal and highly misogynistic
worked in the farms with their husbands and ran the home
peasant woman
attended to by number of servants, often involved in the household tasks, and entertaining
elite class woman
worked in the husbands Merchant shops
middle-class woman
what was the expectation of women
Bear children
what put emphasis on marriage for women
protestantism
protestantism emphasis on marriage and restriction on the scope of women’s authority contributed to
A gradual rise in the number of women readers and writers
“blood is respected, not the age nor the sex”
humanist sir Thomas Smith in reference to Elizabeth I
Edward subverts lineage role in names her queen, subsequently angering Mary I
became queen July 10, 1553 but is imprisoned on July 19 for high treason by Mary who sentences her to death
Lady Jane Grey
stringently Catholic, executed it 283 Protestants by burning them at the stake, many false pregnancies
bloody Mary
marriages:
•Francis II of France- widowed
•Henry Stuart/ Lord Darnley- widowed by murder
•James Hepburn/ 4th Earl of Bothwell- orchestrated the murder of Darnley, forces Mary to marry him
ecapes to England for protection from Elizabeth I but is found guilty of high treason and attempt to assassinate Elizabeth and executed
Mary, Queen of Scots
44 years of rule, after 117 years of Tudor dynasty she is the last
Elizabeth I
Who were important contributors to the Renaissance
Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor, Henry 8th
women were subordinate in
public, private, economy, and spiritual life
women were urged to be
chaste, silent, and obedient
