What are we going to do today? What are the middle ages? What
was life like? What caused it to end? Slide 2 Transition to the
Renaissance Slide 3 Characteristics of Medieval Europe Pagan
Religions Small Kingdoms Rural Population Slide 4 What is the
Feudal system??? KingLordPeasant LordPeasantPeasants Ruler of a
small kingdom, the king is usually the strongest or wealthiest lord
These are vassals of the king. They give up some of their power in
exchange for the kings protection Peasants are obedient to their
lord. They work on his lands and pay taxes, and in exchange he
gives them protection Slide 5 Mongols Conquests of Genghis Khan
Marco Polo Crusades Contact with Arabs Contact with Eastern Europe
Trade Goods from Asia Goods from Middle East Factors Affecting
Medieval Europe Slide 6 The Mongols * Makes trade along the Silk
Road safer, which means more awesome goods go West. Europe starts
to see what its been missing Slide 7 The Crusades *shows the
Western world how far behind they are in technology, medicine,
weaponrypretty much everything Slide 8 Trade As Europeans have more
contact with foreign people They have more contact with foreign
stuff Europeans develop a strong desire for foreign goods like
Silk, Cotton, Spices, Porcelain, Persian rugs Slide 9 Changes to
Western Europe Life During the Middle AgesLife During the
Renaissance Rural society Agricultural society Feudal society Small
towns & villages SOCIETY Shift to urban society Shift to
manufacturing society Shift to worker society Shift to larger
cities Held by land-owning nobles Regional power Feudal system
POWER Held by wealthy people Centralized power Determined by birth
STATUS Determined by wealth and ability Slide 10 Why did the Feudal
system end??? Black Plague 100 Years War End of the Feudal System
Slide 11 End of the Feudal System Black Death kills 1/3 of Europes
population & weakens power of the church Peasants revolt and
demand more freedom 100 Years War allows monarchs to build huge
armies and reduce power of nobles People move to cities to earn
better wages Status began to be determined by wealth and ability,
not birthright Slide 12 The Black Plague Came out of Mongolia
Carried by the Mongol army Disease traveled in the fleas on the
Mongols horsesand themselves! How did people fight it? Slide 13
Caught by Italian merchantswho fled back to Italy trying to avoid
the disease, and ended up spreading it throughout Europe The Black
Plague Slide 14 How did people fight it??? Slide 15 The Black
Plague Slide 16 Carried along the Silk Road to the Middle East by
merchants and travelers Slide 17 Slide 18 The Black Plague Impact
on Europe: Loss of population 1/3 of Europeans die 25 to 50
million.about 8 million per year Which social class was hit
hardest? Loss of faith in the churchwhy? Loss of faith in feudal
lordswhy? Slide 19 End of the Feudal System Black Death kills 1/3
of Europes population & weakens power of the church Peasants
revolt and demand more freedom 100 Years War allows monarchs to
build huge armies and reduce power of nobles People move to cities
to earn better wages Status began to be determined by wealth and
ability, not birthright Slide 20 100 Years War Fought between
France & England Fought over who will be King of France Lasts
for 116 years New technologies Long bow (funny story about that)
Firearms (no funny story) Joan of Arc End of Feudalismwhy? Slide 21
Shes a witch!! Slide 22 End of the Feudal System Black Death kills
1/3 of Europes population & weakens power of the church
Peasants revolt and demand more freedom 100 Years War allows
monarchs to build huge armies and reduce power of nobles People
move to cities to earn better wages Status began to be determined
by wealth and ability, not birthright Slide 23 Rise of the
Renaissance Scholars and artists look to ancient Greece and Rome
for inspiration and new ideas Medici family of Florence used
profits to promote art and learning Crusades make Europeans eager
to learn about the outside world Italian cities make trading
connections with the Middle Eastbecome rich and powerful Middle
class merchants develop the idea of banking and insurancegain
control of huge sums of money Slide 24 The Renaissance Renaissance
means rebirth Rebirth of classical art and learning Classical
civilizations refer to Greece and Rome Society becomes more secular
Secular = worldy-- Non-secular = religious Development of humanism
Belief in human potential Idea of a renaissance man Slide 25 Rise
of the Renaissance Scholars and artists look to ancient Greece and
Rome for inspiration and new ideas Medici family of Florence used
profits to promote art and learning Crusades make Europeans eager
to learn about the outside world Italian cities make trading
connections with the Middle Eastbecome rich and powerful Middle
class merchants develop the idea of banking and insurancegain
control of huge sums of money Slide 26 Wealthy/powerful social
class, dominated politics Wealth based on success of their business
Felt they deserved power based on achievements Florence, Italy
ruled by MEDICI family (trade/banking merchants) for 30 years
Lorenzo the Magnificent: major PATRON (supporter) of the arts
MERCHANTS Slide 27 Renaissance is bringing back classical art &
literature from Greek & Roman times In Italy, now
painting/sculpting SECULAR arts, NOT RELIGIOUS arts more realistic
people in classical settings NEW ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES Slide 28 3
Dimensional Distant objects are smaller PERSPECTIVE Slide 29
SHADING Helps objects to look more realistic; 3-D look VS Slide 30
Study of human anatomy to paint and sculpt better More natural
postures and expressions SCULPTURES Slide 31 LEONARDO DA VINCI:
painter, sculptor, inventor, & scientist a true Renaissance Man
Mona Lisa The Last Supper NINJA TURTLES: LEONARDO Slide 32
MICHELANGELO: sculptor and painter Sistine Chapel Statue of David
NINJA TURTLES: MICHELANGELO Slide 33 DONATELLO: sculptor and
painter; Revealed personality in his art One of the first to do a
nude statue First bronze statue of St. Louis of Toulouse NINJA
TURTLES: DONATELLO Slide 34 RAPHAEL studied from Michelangelo and
Leonardo; painter Madonna and Child School of Athens NINJA TURTLES:
RAPHAEL Slide 35 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Greatest playwright of all
time: sonnets, plays, essays Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Othello
Macbeth Midsummer Nights Dream Julius Caesar King Lear RENAISSANCE
WRITERS, PART II Slide 36 ERASMUS: The Praise of Folly said to
improve society, all should study Bible MORE: Utopia imaginary land
inhabited by peaceful people; no use for money; means no place, but
in English means ideal place RENAISSANCE WRITERS Slide 37 Chinese 1
st invent block printing JOHANN GUTENBERG: reinvents moveable type
& comes up with printing press Gutenberg Bible: first full size
book printed Came in English, French, and German VERNACULAR (own
language) increased Can produce 100s of copies Encouraged people to
learn to read! RISE IN LITERACY & IDEAS SPREAD FASTER PRINTING
SPREADS RENAISSANCE IDEAS Slide 38 And the winner is(LP) 1 st, 2
nd, & 3 rd place: Most influential
people/animals/events/inventionsand explain WHY!! Im in 3 rd place
because I helped to create the Renaissance by carrying this armful
of papers. 2nd 1st 3rd
