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The Early Modern PeriodThe Early Modern Period

What do we know?

The modern state

Which of these countries had authoritarian monarchies?

What were the main features of authoritarian monarchies?

The economy

How did agriculture change during the 16th century?

Which economic development is shown in the second image?

Society

Which social groups do you think the people in these images belonged to?What were the characteristics of the bourgeoisie in the 16th century?

Daily life

Can you name some important Renaissance cities?

Use the image to describe the main features of Renaissance cities.

The Reformation

Who was Martin Luther?

How were his ideas different from Catholicism?

Architecture

What were the main characteristics of Renaissance architecture?

Which of these characteristics can you see in the image?

Sculpture and painting

What features of Renaissance sculpture can you see in the first image?

Describe the painting in the second image.

The Catholic Monarchs

Which of the Catholic Monarchs’ policies is shown in this image?

What other domestic policies did they introduce?

The Catholic Monarchs

How did the Catholic Monarchs build alliances with other European powers?

Which overseas territories did they acquire?

Carlos I

Which kingdoms did Carlos I rule?

Which foreign powers did he defeat during his reign?

Felipe II

What measures did Felipe II introduce to strengthen his power?

What were Felipe II’s foreign policy successes and failures?

Spanish society

What were the main characteristics of the nobility, clergy and common people in Spain?

What social changes took place in Spain at the start of the Early Modern Period?

Architecture

What were the three styles of Spanish architecture during this period?

Which style is the building in this image?

The discovery of America

What factors produced the discovery of America?

Describe the voyages shown in this map.

Voyages of discovery

What type of ship is shown in this image?

How did this type of ship help to produce the discoveries?

Conquest and colonisation

Which consequence of the conquest of America is shown in this image?

What other consequences did the conquest have?

What have we learned?

Early ModernPeriod

Early ModernPeriod

Daily life in Renaissance cities

EconomyEconomy

The high bourge ois ie gained great economic power

Cities such as Florence, Genoa, Venice and Rome became important

The modernstate

The modernstate

The kings strengthened their power: authoritarian monarchies

Craftwork (dome s tic s ys te m) and trade (bills of e xc hange and joint-stock companies)

Humanism considered human beings to be the centre of the universe

The Protestant R e formation and the Counter-Reformation

SocietySociety

Thought in theEarly ModernPeriod

Culture,architectureand art

CultureCulture Widespread use of the printing press

Renaissancearchitectureand art

Renaissancearchitectureand art

Architecture: Brunelleschi, Alberti, Bramante and Michelangelo;sculpture: Michelangelo; painting: Leonardo, Michelangelo andRafael

What have we learned?

The Early Modern Period in Spain

Culture, architectureand art

Culture, architectureand art

E s tate s (nobility, clergy, common people)

Discoveryand conquestof America

SocietySociety

America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus

EconomyEconomy

PoliticsPolitics The C atholic Monarc hs ; Carlos I (Holy Roman E mpe ror) and Felipe II

Large quantities of gold and silver from Ame ric a , but there were several bankruptcies

Humanists like Antonio de Nebrija

Renaissance art spread during the 16th century