The Renaissance Flashcards
What is the Renaissance?
A rebirth of classical culture from 1350-1550, marking the end of the dark ages,
With whom did the Renaissance begin?
Educated Italian elites with nothing better to do than study.
What is humanism?
Focusing on human achievement and potential–individualism. Consumerism and studying things like anatomy and history
Why Italy?
Banks, Silk Road trade (sugar spice silk), and urban, non-feudal population where ideas/education spread
Why did the Renaissance end?
Italian Wars, Age of discovery, Counter-Reformation shuts down secular thought
When were the Italian Wars?
1494-1559
What happened it the first Italian War?
French king Charles VIII tried to retake Naples, which was initially captured by Charles of Anjou, but kept retreating
What happened in the second Italian War of 1499?
Louis XII occupied Milan for a whiile
Why did Francis I initiate the Italian War of 1521-1526
He didn’t want the new Habsburg Empire under Charles V surrounding him
Italian War of 1521-1526
Francis I (1515-1547) attacks Charles V in Italy, but is briefly captured
What actions did Francis I take in the Italian Wars to solidify his position? after losing in 1526
He married Pope Clement’s Niece Catherine de Medicis and allied with Suleyman the Magnificent
What did Suleyman the Magnificent do while allied with Francis I
attacked Vienna in 1529 and 1532, distracting the HRE
When did the Italian Wars finally end?
1559 with the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
