Renaissance and Reformation

Europe in Transition

Birth of the Middle Ages Charles the Great

Left: Charlemagne, a.k.a. Charles the GreatAbove: Charlemagne’s empire

The Medieval World - Feudalism

The Medieval World - Guilds

To become a guild man, one had to go through 3

stages: lowest was apprentice, next was journeyman, and top-

ranking stage was master

The Medieval World The Magna Carta

In 1215 King John of England

was forced by vassals to sign

the Magna Carta

The Church of the Middle Ages - Crusades

The Church of the Middle Ages

Effects of the Crusades

Above: The land route of the Silk RoadLeft: A person being tortured during the Spanish Inquisition

The Church of the Middle Ages

Black Death Hits Europe

The Renaissance Florence, Writing, and Painting

Above: The Sistine ChapelTop Right: A depiction of discovering Florence, Italy during the Renaissance

Bottom Right: Mona Lisa by da Vinci

The Renaissance The Renaissance Spreads

Above: Gutenberg Bible

Middle Top: William Shakespeare

Middle Bottom: Lady Greensleves (click here to

listen to the song)

Far Right: Gutenberg and his printing press

The Reformation : Questioning Tradition

Luther wrote the 95 Theses and nailed it

to a cathedral door on October 31, 1517

The Reformation: Questioning Tradition contd. . .

Pope Leo X John Calvin

The Counter Reformation

After the Reformation, Western Europe would never again under one Church. The power of the Church was weakened and the power of local rulers increased.

Picture Citations

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