1. The Renaissance

2. Italian Renaissance: “Rebirth” 1350 - 1550
Where: Venice, Italy
Mostly “urban” society
City-states
Secularism (secular)
Economic boom = materialism & growing upper- middle class
Interest in ancient ideas—esp. Rome & Greece
Focus on Man- “Renaissance Man”

3. Changes brought by the Renaissance
Art
Literature: Vernacular
Architecture
Science
Governmental ideologies
Religion & ?ing church–
Papal Schism “The Great Schism” 1378 – 1417
2 claimed title of Pope
Avignon ,France VS Rome

4. Humanism emphasis on classic lit & art Greek & Roman emphasis
Petrarch= Father of Ren. (late 1300’s)
Planted seeds of Ren
searched for lost manuscripts
emphasis on loyalty to state

5. Renaissance Italy
No central monarch/ruler

6. 3 Major City-states Emerged due to trade & location: 1. Venice
2. Florence
3. Milan

7. Ventian Trade Routes

8. Wealthy Italian Power Families
Milan: Visconti then Sforza
Venice: ruled by Doge (position not name)
Florence: Medici (BRIEFLY Savonarola)
Savonarola
Bonfires of the Vanities
Heresy = execution (1498)
More Medici!

9. Savonarola

10. The Patrons
Wealthy supporters – Arts
Medici & other wealthy families

11. The Italian Wars: late 1400s’s to early 1500’s
Jealous monarchs Italy
French King Charles VIII heads to Italy
Spain (Charles I) asked to help Naples
Peninsula war grounds 30 yrs
1527: Sack of Rome
ends wars,
Spain dominant force