Chapter 1 section 1
The Renaissance
Essential Questions 1. What changes in society and in
cities stimulated the beginning of the Renaissance?
2. What ideas formed the foundation for the Italian Renaissance?
3. What contributions did artists make to the Renaissance?
Vocabulary1. Urban Society- city-states center for
political, economic, & social life2. Secular- worldly view point3. Mercenaries- soldiers who sold
services to the highest bidder4. Dowry- sum of money given by the
wife’s family to the husband upon marriage
5. Doge- elected leader in Venice
Italian Renaissance:
CharacteristicsGreek and
Roman culture
Recovery from plague, political instability, decline of church power
Individual ability
Major City-StatesThree Estates
Milan
Venice
Florence
Clergy (pray)
Nobility 2-3%(Knights)Peasants 85-90%
City/State Leaders Economy
Milan
Venice
Florence
Francesco Sforza Rich
International power through trade
Medici family;Savonarola
Cloth
Italian States: WarsKing Charles VIII (France) 1494 took Naples in Southern Italy (riches)
Italians asked for help from the Spanish
French and Spanish war for 30 years
Sack of Rome in 1527= Spanish domination
Machiavelli - The Prince = how to acquire and keep power (abandon morality)
“the end justifies the means”
Castiglione- The Book of the Courtier: characteristics of a noble
Michelangelo Renaissance ManMichelangelo painted the Sistine
Chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512
The Creation of Adam
St. Peter David
Why did the Renaissance occur and what forces drove the new way of thinking in Italy, and eventually the rest of Europe?
1.Increased trade with Asia and other regions2.Growth of large, wealthy city-states in Italy3.Renewed interest in the classical learning of
ancient Greece and Rome4.Rise of rich and powerful merchants, who
became patrons of the arts5.Increased desire for scientific and technical
knowledge6.Desire to beautify cities