The Renaissance and the Reformation
Renaissance
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The Renaissance was knows as the “rebirth”, the revival of the culture of classical Greece and Rome. People started taking interest in learning classical Greece and Roman texts, therefore there was a rebirth of learning (also because the Medieval times lacked education).
It transformed economics and trade, knowledge and learning, and the arts.
It begins in Italy in the 1350s after the Crusades and later spread to Northern Europe. Italy became the birthplace because of its thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the classical heritage of Greece and Rome.
Sources of Renaissance Ideas
1. Trade flourished and made cities richer— Trade led to growth of large city-states in northern Italy. These places became urban. In these cities people often exchanged ideas and from this bred intellectual revolution. Merchants helped create the economic system of capitalism. 2. Bubonic Plague— The bubonic plague that killed half of the population brought upon a change in the economy. When there were few laborers, they could demand high wages. Thus, there were fewer opportunities to expand business. Merchants then begun to pursue other interest, such as art. 3. Reviving Greece and Roman Art— Renaissance scholars returned to the learning of the Greeks and Romans. Firstly, artists and scholars of Italy drew inspiration from the ruins of Rome that surrounded them. Second, Western scholars studied ancient Latin manuscripts that had been preserved in monasteries. Christian scholars in Constantinople fled to Rome with Greek manuscripts.
Humanism
The study of classical texts led to humanism.
Humanists studied ancient texts to understand Greek values. They influenced artist and architects to carry on classical traditions. They also popularized the study of subjects common to classical education.
Individualism
Individualism is the belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance
Content
The Renaissance was knows as the “rebirth”, the revival of the culture of classical Greece and Rome. People started taking interest in learning classical Greece and Roman texts, therefore there was a rebirth of learning (also because the Medieval times lacked education).
It transformed economics and trade, knowledge and learning, and the arts.
It begins in Italy in the 1350s after the Crusades and later spread to Northern Europe. Italy became the birthplace because of its thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the classical heritage of Greece and Rome.
Sources of Renaissance Ideas
1. Trade flourished and made cities richer— Trade led to growth of large city-states in northern Italy. These places became urban. In these cities people often exchanged ideas and from this bred intellectual revolution. Merchants helped create the economic system of capitalism. 2. Bubonic Plague— The bubonic plague that killed half of the population brought upon a change in the economy. When there were few laborers, they could demand high wages. Thus, there were fewer opportunities to expand business. Merchants then begun to pursue other interest, such as art. 3. Reviving Greece and Roman Art— Renaissance scholars returned to the learning of the Greeks and Romans. Firstly, artists and scholars of Italy drew inspiration from the ruins of Rome that surrounded them. Second, Western scholars studied ancient Latin manuscripts that had been preserved in monasteries. Christian scholars in Constantinople fled to Rome with Greek manuscripts.
Humanism
The study of classical texts led to humanism.
Humanists studied ancient texts to understand Greek values. They influenced artist and architects to carry on classical traditions. They also popularized the study of subjects common to classical education.
Individualism
Individualism is the belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance