1. Renaissance
Causes & Effects

2. Essential Questions: What caused the Italian Renaissance?
How were the Italian and Northern Renaissance alike but different?

3. What is the Renaissance?
Rebirth
Explosion of New Ideas & Learning

4. Rebirth
Explosion of New Ideas & Learning
Rediscovery of Classical Greek & Roman Culture
Humanism—worth of Individual
Secularism—worldly not religious

5. Causes of the Italian Renaissance
Crusades
Control of Mediterranean Trade

6. Control of Mediterranean Trade
Crusades
Control of Mediterranean Trade
Sophistication of Italian City-States
Growth of Banking & Trade

7. Crusades
Control of Mediterranean Trade
Sophistication of Italian City-States
Growth of Banking & Trade
Excess Wealth: de Medici family of Florence

8. Control of Mediterranean Trade Sophistication of Italian City-States
Crusades
Control of Mediterranean Trade
Sophistication of Italian City-States
Growth of Banking & Trade
Excess Wealth: de Medici family of Florence
Printing Press

9. Crusades
Control of Mediterranean Trade
Sophistication of Italian City-States
Growth of Banking & Trade
Excess Wealth: de Medici family of Florence
Printing Press

10. Italian v. Northern Renaissance
Italy
North

11. Italian Italy Rome, Florence, Venice Mediterranean Trade De Medici
Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael

12. Italian v. Northern Renaissance
Amsterdam, Antwerp, London
Rhine & Thames Rivers
Jacob Fugger
Jan Van Eyck, Brueghel

13. Italian v. Northern Renaissance
Italy
Rome, Florence, Venice
Mediterranean Trade
De Medici
Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael
North
Amsterdam, Antwerp, London
Rhine & Thames Rivers
Jacob Fugger
Jan Van Eyck, Brueghel

14. Machiavellian Intrigue
Niccolo Machiavelli
Wrote The Prince
studied the politics of Florence, Venice & Rome
analyzed use of power, force, & Deception
How to book for future leaders
Including...
Machiavellian Intrigue

15. De Medici Family of Florence
Cosimo & Lorenzo
city improvements
patron of the arts
peace & prosperity
vs.
Franciscan Friar
banned gambling, swearing, etc.
burned books & paintings
Savonarola

16. The Borgia: First Italian Crime Family
Pope Alexander VI
bribery, extortion, nepotism, torture
Casare Borgia (son)
multiple murders, mercenary
Lucrezia Borgia (daughter)
incest?
What really happened to her husbands?

17. Effects of the Renaissance
Advances in Science & Technology led to the European Exploration of the World
Secularism led to the Protestant Reformation
Humanism encouraged the growth of Democracy & the Fight for Human Rights
Role of Women in Society Improved
Renaissance Art led to the Age of Classical Music and Art in Europe