Europe in the 14th Century and the Renaissance The 14th century was anything but pleasant for the people living in Europe at the time. There were so many factors and conditions that ultimately helped pave the way for the Renaissance. I will focus on the key influences during this period that contributed to the development of this “rebirth”. The most significant impact that you must address right off the bat is‚ the Black Death. With the plague wiping out nearly one-third of Europe’s population
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Mr. Silva Grade: 8 (S.S. & Relgn.) grade7@sfabx.com 8th Grade 2007-2008 Course Outline “What we are is God’s gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.” ~Eleanor Powell I. Introduction: To the Class of 2008 welcome back! Get ready for another exciting year filled with learning‚ listening‚ and most importantly fun. We will be tackling many issues and topics ranging from history‚ faith‚ morality‚ current adolescent issues and much more. Feel free to ask me any questions
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Sydney Kraeger 10 2/18/13 APWH Chapter 14 Cornell Notes Introduction * Aeneas Sylvus doubted whether anyone could convince the Christians leaders to take arms against the Muslims * French and English armies had been fighting for over a century * The German rulers didn’t really control their states * Spain and Italy kingdoms could not unite * The plague took away a third of the European people * 1200-1500 – a time of great progress because of the renaissance
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The Renaissance versus the Reformation "I feel‚ sometimes‚ as the Renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn"Polykarp Kusch. Two very critical periods in the history of western civilization involved the eras of the Renaissance and the Reformation. The renaissance evolved mainly in direct result to the medieval times where the people where obedient to authority. The reformation
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Jasmine Weber Renaissance ▪ New golden age/"rebirth" ▪ Began in Italy ▪ Georgio Vasari coined the term "renaissance" ▪ Beginnings of individualism‚ personal recognition and less glory for God ▪ Printing press allowed the movement to spread ▪ At the time‚ italy was under the control of the HRE ▪ Urban underclass: popolo minuto "the people" ▪ Wealthy class: popolo grosso ▪ Ciompi Revolt: Florentine revolt of the popolo minuto. They gained control for a short period of time. ▪
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Chapter 7 Define: * Plateau: a relatively high‚ flat land areas * Desert * Savanna: broad grassland dotted with small trees and shrubs Define: * Animism: * Griot: a special class of African storytellers who help keep alive a people’s history * Subsistence Farming: the practice of growing just enough crops for personal use‚ not for sale * Matrilineal: tracing lineage through the mother rather than the father * Patrilineal: tracing lineage through the father Know
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back at the same time. Cubism was first introduced to the world in 1907 by Picasso and Braque. Its introduction‚ into the art world‚ changed the viewer ’s visual representation. This was clearly evident with Picasso ’s painting‚ Les Demoiselles d ’ Avignon (1907). Many found this painting very disturbing and ugly‚ but the painting was groundbreaking in the history of modern art. This painting contributes to a general impression of disorientation in space. However‚ the painting Portrait of Olga in an
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in his paintings of that year‚ and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon is a great example. The picture is now hanging in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Pablo Picasso hated discussing his art‚ yet once he spoke frankly about "Les Demoiselles d ’Avignon‚" his greatest painting and a touchstone of 20th-century art that is 100 years old this summer. On this occasion‚ Picasso did not address the subjects that transfix art historians -- the origin of Cubism‚ the supplanting of old avant- gardes‚ and
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free will. These were: “The Plague in Avignon‚” by Heyligen‚ 1347; “The Plague in Florence‚” by Boccaccio‚ 1348; “The Astrological Causes of the Plague‚” by de Meaux‚ 1348‚ for King Philip V1; “The Dangers of Corrupt Air‚” by Jacobus‚ Chancellor of Montpellier‚ 1364; “The Treatise of John Burgundy‚” a 1365 plague tract;
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inherited social ranks‚ each of which possessed inherent social and economic privileges and obligations.” (http://www.usna.edu/Users/history/abels/hh315/Feudal.htm) Lord Cromwell was a Lutheran Reformist and wanted England to break its ties with the Papacy. He believed in the teachings of Martin Luther whose theology taught that the bible was the only source of divine knowledge revealed from God and that any man capable of reading the bible could ascertain this knowledge – without the church or priest
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