Renaissance Princes aka New Monarchs

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Renaissance Princesaka New Monarchs
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1st Among Equals

• No strong monarchs in the late Middle Ages
• Hundred Years War caused kings of England and
  France to struggle to raise money further
  weakened the crown

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New Monarchs Tried to Rise Above First Among
Equals

• So who do you turn to in order to do this?
• Union between townspeople and the king.
• Townspeople want stability to make money and want
  protection from greedy feudal nobility
• King needs to have some allies against nobility
  who wont be strong enough to challenge his
  authority
• middle class

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New Monarchs Techniques

• Raise taxes
• Taxes on the towns and peasants
• Most nobles were immune
• Build up standing armies
• First one was in ?
• Wrestle power from Rome
• Key example? France
• Pragmatic Sanction New Monarchs versus Rome
• Council over Pope
• French king has basic control of church in France
• Concordat of Bologna- Compromise between French
  monarchs and Pope
• Ok- Pope is boss
• Pope gets some money and has some say in Frances
  church

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New Monarchs Techniques (cont.)

• Semi-secret and sometimes violent courts to do
  the bidding of the monarch
• Court of the Star Chamber in England
• Encouraged economic growth
• Brings more tax revenue
• Expelling troublesome minorities
• Reconquista
• Conversos
• Root of racial identification of Jews
• Marriage
• Rulers of Spain
• Helps to explain the interlocking web of royal
  families

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The War of the Roses

• Hundred Years War weakened English monarchs
• War of the Roses was a clash between first of
  equal king and powerful noble family
• Yorkist line won, and (along with the Tudor line
  who took over after the Yorks died out) began to
  build royal power

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Social Impacts of the Renaissance

• Women-
• Upper class women
• Lost status (didnt run households anymore)
• Had to mold themselves to get a man, rather than
  vice versa in medieval times
• Did get educations, but only to ???
• Laura Cereta example successful, but only
  because... ???
• Men believed that publicly active women were a
  threat
• Not really sexual beings
• Lower class women
• Didnt get educational advantages
• Hard to say, but fact that rape was punished more
  harshly if _____________ than if _____________
  gives some evidence that even lower class women
  lost status
• What was the punishment in the Middle Ages for
  Rape?

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Things You Should Know That I Didnt Have Time
For

• Savonarola
• Social Change (I covered women, but not the other
  parts)
• Perception of Black Africans
• Homosexuality
• Thomas More
• Utopia

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Hansen Name _____________________AP Euro
Period _________ The Renaissance- The Rise
of New Monarchs (and Miscellaneous) (Lecture 3)
Note-Taking Guide

• Semi-secret and sometimes violent courts to do
  the bidding of the monarch
• Court of the __________________________in England
  
• Encouraged economic growth
• __________________________________________________
  _
• Expelling troublesome minorities
• Reconquista - ____________________________________
  ___ ______________________________________________
  ______
• Conversos - ______________________________________
  ____ _____________________________________________
  ________
• Root of racial identification _______________
• Marriage
• _______________________
• Helps to explain the interlocking web of
  __________________
• ?War of the Roses
• Hundred Years War weakened _______________________
  ____
• War of the Roses was a clash between
  _______________ king and _______________________
  __________________________________
• Yorkist line won, and (along with
  ____________________________ who took over after
  the Yorks died out) began to __________________
• ?Social Impacts of the Renaissance
• Women

• ?First Among Equals- _____________________________
  _______ __________________________________________
  ______________
• No __________________ monarchs in the late Middle
  Ages
• Hundred Years War caused kings of England and
  France to struggle to raise money
  ______________________________
• ? New Monarchs Tried to Rise Above First Among
  Equals
• So who do you turn to in order to do this?
• Union between ____________ ___________
• Townspeople want ___________________________
  __________________________and want protection
  from _______________________________________
• King needs to have ___________________________
  ___________who wont be strong enough to
  challenge _______________________
• _______________________
• ?New Monarchs Techniques
• Raise taxes
• Taxes on the ________________________________
• Most nobles were _______________
• Build up standing armies - _______________________
  ___________
• First one was in _________________
• Wrestle power from ______________
• Key example? _________________