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SOL: 13. Renaissance . Crusades & The Renaissance. Exchange of ideas/ goods/ knowledge between the Muslim & European (Christian) empires led to the Renaissance. . Crusades. Economic effects of the Crusades Increased demand for Middle Eastern products
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SOL: 13 Renaissance
Crusades & The Renaissance • Exchange of ideas/ goods/ knowledge between the Muslim & European (Christian) empires led to the Renaissance.
Crusades Economic 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
Crusades Important economic concepts • Church rule against usury and the banks’ practice of charging interest helped to secularize northern Italy • Letters of credit served to expand the supply of money and expedite trade. • New accounting and bookkeeping practices (use of Arabic numerals) were introduced
Italian Influence • The Renaissance started in Italy. • Florence, Venice, Genoa, & Rome were centers of art & trade. • Wealthy merchants were active civic (government) rulers. • Machiavelli observed local rulers of the day & wrote a book, The Prince, which had guidelines for rulers in regards to acquiring & maintaining power.
Important Italian Cities Florence, Venice, and Genoa • Had access to trade routes connecting Europe with Middle Eastern markets • Served as trading centers for the distribution of goods to northern Europe • Were initially independent city-states governed as republics
Machiavelli (The Prince) • An early modern treatise on government • Supports absolute power of the ruler • Maintains that the end justifies the means • Advises that one should do good if possible, but do evil when necessary
The Italian Renaissance • How did the art and literature of the Renaissance differ from those of the Middle Ages? • As the Renaissance spread, it became more secular. • Medieval art and literature focused on the Church and salvation. • While Renaissance art and literature focused on individuals and worldly matters, along with Christianity.
Artistic & Literary Achievements • People you need to know • Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisaand The Last Supper • Michelangelo: Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and (manly) David • Petrarch: Sonnets, humanist scholarship
The Last Supper Mona Lisa Both done by Leonardo da Vinci
Humanism • Celebrated the individual (aka. Humans) • Stimulated the study of classical Greek and Roman literature and culture • Supported by wealthy patrons
Northern Renaissance • New ideas from the Renaissance spread to Northern Europe. • Growing wealth in Northern Europe supported Renaissanceideas. • Northern Renaissance thinkers merged humanist ideas with Christianity. • The movable type printing press and the production and sale of books (Gutenberg Bible) helped disseminate ideas.
Northern Renaissance • Writers • Erasmus: The Praise of Folly (1511) • Sir Thomas More: Utopia(1516) Northern Renaissance artists portrayed religious and secular subjects
Florence, Venice & Genoa all became powerful Italian city-states because of: • The Pope • The King of Italy • Access the trade routes • Abundance of diamonds & gold in Italy
This was still the main focus of the Renaissance: • Religion/ Biblical themes • Everyday life • Death • Fruit
The Praise of Folly… • Made fun of the Church, and helped launch the Protestant Reformation • Told people to buy papal indulgences, to guarantee their entry into heaven • Encouraged people to make mistakes & say, “It doesn’t matter, God will forgive you.”