The Renaissance and Reformation

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The Renaissance and Reformation

• Chapter 17

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The Renaissance Begins

• 17.1

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I. The Italian Renaissance

• What does Renaissance mean?
• The Renaissance in Europe a rebirth of interest
  in art and learning occurred between 1350 and
  1550.
• Though people were still religious, they
  celebrated human achievements and became more
  secular.
• The Renaissance started in Italy
• There was wealth because of trade, so they could
  pay artists
• Italy was divided into city-states, so
  individuals wanted to create works that would
  increase the fame of their cities.

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• Florence and Venice were important to the
  rebirth.
• The city-states provided more customers for
  artist to buy their work.

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II. The Rise of Italys City-States

• No one ruler was able to unite all of Italy.
• The Catholic Church wanted to prevent a strong
  ruler from controlling the Church.
• Small cities states were equally powerful and
  wealthy.
• Italy was a perfect spot to trade with the
  French, Spanish, Dutch, English, Turks, Arabs,
  and Byzantines.

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• The Mongols protected the Silk Road.
• Marco Polo, a merchant from Venice, had published
  a book about his travel to the East.
• Florence is the first city-state to grow wealthy.
• Florentine bankers became experts at valuing
  coins.
• They began to lend money and charge interest.
• The Medici family were bankers

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• Venice was the wealthiest city-state.
• Venice is built on a set of swampy islands.
• Venetians navigate their city by boat.

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III. The Urban Noble

• Noble families moved into cities and mixed with
  wealthy merchants there.
• Wealthy merchants copied the nobles manners, and
  soon the children of the merchants and nobles
  were marrying each other.
• These families became the urban upper class.
• At first, the city-states were republics.
• Gradually they gave power to one man to run the
  govt.

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• In Venice, the doge had power.
• Later, the doge lost power to a small groups of
  nobles.
• In Florence, the Medici family gained power and
  ruled for many years.
• To deal with other city-states, Italian rulers
  developed diplomacy.

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• Niccolo Machiavelli, a diplomat in Florence,
  thought people were too greedy and self-centered.
  He thought rulers should not try to be good, but
  should do whatever is necessary to keep power and
  protect a city.
• The Prince