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    Giotto‚ Cimabue‚ Donatello‚ Mossaccio….these are a few artists of the Renaissance that impacted the era. With these artists a cult of genius began in the Renaissance. There was the Age of Exploration when Columbus "discovered" America in 1492‚ as well as Magellan’s and other Europeans’ discoveries around areas of Africa. The African slave trade fueled European Renaissance. There were several works that helped establish the era such as the "Arenal Chapels at Pagua" which was a dramatization of

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    Medieval to Renaissance: How the World Changed The idea of state building is one that is important to empires‚ nations‚ and it is often on many powerful people’s minds. The period of state building that began with the Renaissance and continued into the so-called modern period has often been attributed to the invention of gunpowder. According to Rabb‚ “gunpowder warfare was the most unprecedented of the new circumstances that shaped the Renaissance.”1 This suggests that gunpowder was an entirely

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    of the 1700s. The ideas of the Enlightenment were greatly brought on by the Renaissance era. During the Renaissance‚ the main idea of the renaissance was putting emphasis on individual worth‚ which is also known as humanism. This idea led to people wanting more knowledge to increase their worth so they rediscovered ancient knowledge about multiple subjects that the philosophers of the Enlightenment

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    Great  Minds  of  the  Renaissance     The  renaissance  was  a  cultural  movement  which  saw  a  flowering  of  education‚  literature‚  art  and   sciences.  The  renaissance  saw  an  inflow  of  new  ideas  and  new  practises‚  and  left  a  profound  cultural   legacy.  The  great  minds  who  helped  this  movement  make  its  mark  were  the  incredible  artists  of   Leonardo  Da  Vinci‚  Michelangelo;;  then  you  have  the  remarkable  scientists  Galileo  and  Nicholas   Copernicus

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    Musicians could enhance the meaning and emotions during this period. The music was not so religious based. The music became more upbeat and vivace. It also had a presto tempo‚ which made it fun to dance to. The Passamezzo and Galliard was my favorite piece of music that we had to listen to this week. I loved

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    truly great men for Mexicans‚ during his term as president; he successfully defended his nation against the French monarchist under Emperor Maximilian I. The same situation was in England with Alfred “The Great”‚ who became king in 871 until his death in 899. From the 16th century‚ The King Alfred was known as ‘The Great’ and it was no more than for defending his kingdom. For that reason and more‚ in the following lines‚ it will be described why he was called know by his sobriquet “The Great”. . Alfred

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    normally used religious texts that were not used in the mass. Motets were often polyphonic‚ meaning that there were multiple vocal parts sung simultaneously. Motets started to be written during the medieval period and then developed throughout time and was most known throughout the Renaissance period. During this time‚ there were a list of schools and churches that had well known composers and pioneers of the motet. The Burgundian School was a group of composers in the 15th century in northern and eastern

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    dramatists of Elizabethan era. From Doctor Faustus to Tamburlaine‚ The Great‚ Marlowe explored the unexplored effects of the renaissance. In Doctor Faustus he explored it through a delirious scientist. In Tamburlaine‚The Great he used a character who is both charismatic and ambitious.When the character of Tamburlaine is considered ‚ it is obvious that Marlowe was greatly troubled by the potential and ambition that being a renaissance man gave to the people. The term “Renaissance man” is used to express

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    In the same way‚ the Renaissance Era introduced the formation of banks‚ thus a new economic system‚ and the beginning of an urban movement. In the Medieval Ages some people used to exchange goods instead of using money to buy them. However as trade increased and city-states like Venice took place on the trade routes‚ people began to use money to buy their goods‚ which created a monetary economy. Exchangers arose because people needed to change from one currency to another. Craftsmen‚ merchants‚ and

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    future similar disputes and even the debate over slavery. 3. Some states went ahead and make their own improvements. Notably‚ New York dug the Erie Canal‚ completed in 1825. 8. The So-Called Era of Good Feelings 1. James Monroe was elected president in 1816. The Federalist party vanished. This was called the Era of Good Feelings because… 1. There was only one political party (Republicans)—supposedly‚ the nation was united rather than split. 2. There was an upsweep of nationalism after the war

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