THE BEGINNING OF
THE RENAISSANCE
Portugal & Spain
Reasons for explorations of new lands 1. Control of land and discovery 2. Looking for trade 3. Resources
CAUSE When towns began to develop, people
bought & sold many goods and services People wanted to expand trade with
other areas that were being explored
EFFECT Due to expansion people
became wealthier, middle class relied less on the rich, and sought to educate themselves
ITALY
Exploration of new ideas & attitudes
Renaissance is Latin for “rebirth”
.
REBIRTH The term Renaissance, literally means "rebirth" and
is the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages, conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and exploration of new continents, the substitution of the Copernican for the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, the decline of the feudal system and the growth of commerce, and the invention or application of such potentially powerful innovations as paper, printing, the mariner's compass, and gunpowder. To the scholars and thinkers of the day, however, it was primarily a time of the revival of classical learning and wisdom after a long period of cultural decline and stagnation.
MOVEMENT Middle Ages
Renaissance
Age of faith in God & Heaven
Age of Humanity(Science/Language/Literature)
ERASMUS
Desiderius Erasmus gained fame throughout 16th-century Europe for his scholarly and popular writings, including pointed, witty criticisms of civil rulers, the clergy and religious superstition
ERASMUS
The greatest scholar/humanist of the Northern Renaissance
Humanist: Scholars that studied the humanities including history, languages and literature.
2 GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. Made new translation of the Greek Testament into Latin
(Latin was the dominant language of learning in Europe)
Translated a collection of Proverbs/Sayings from the ancient world.
Book: Adages
To break the ice
Eyes in the back of his head
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