1492 End of the Middle Ages? Renaissance (“rebirth”): Starting in Italy in 14th c. Spreading to rest of Europe in later 15th c. Continuing until early 17th c.
Reign of Charles VII BurgundyAnjouOrleansBourbon Reign of Louis XI Takes control of Anjou, Orleans, Bourbon 1467 Accession of Charles the Rash of Burgundy
Map Link: France in 1453 (bottom map): < shepherd_1911/shepherd-c-081.jpgshepherd_1911/shepherd-c-081.jpg>
Charles attempts to conquer Alsace and Lorraine Opposed by machinations of Louis, but initially successful 1476 Charles’ forces defeated by Swiss (twice)
Map Link: Burgundian Territories during the Reign of Charles the Rash: < Karte_Haus_Burgund_4_EN.png/426px-Karte_Haus _Burgund_4_EN.png_Burgund_4_EN.png>
1477 Charles killed at Nancy Mary, daughter of Charles, marries heir to Holy Roman Empire Burgundy passes to France Low Countries pass to Holy Roman Empire
Renaissance Religion: Flagellants Visionaries and preachers Saints (e.g Catherine of Siena, canonised 1461) Religion in art (e.g. by Michelangelo Buonarroti [ ])
Columbus: a religious missionary? Protestant Reformation Catholic Counter-Reformation Martin Luther ( ) - influence of Hus and Wycliffe
Geoffrey Chaucer (c ) Canterbury Tales Bureaucrat, diplomat, court poet Spent some time in Italy Translated the Romance of the Rose into (Middle) English
Renaissance Humanism: Study of Classical works to emulate virtues and learning of ancient world Understand and address human position in world through Classical tradition Christine de Pizan (c c. 1429)
“Three Crowns of Florence”: Dante Alighieri ( ) Francesco Petrarch ( ) Giovanni Boccaccio ( )
Dante Alighieri ( ) The Divine Comedy InfernoVirgil PurgatorioBeatrice ParadisoSt Bernard of Clairvaux 1290s Involved in politics 1302 Exiled from Florence
Giotto di Bondone (c ) Masaccio (1401-c. 1428)