1. The Origins of the Renaissance
related to commerce or trade
Mercantile
a great cultural revival that swept through Europe from the1300s through the 1500s
Renaissance
someone who gives money or other support to a person or group
Patron

2. The Origins of the Renaissance
Key Ideas
During the Renaissance, economic and social changes began to break down the feudal order.
The Renaissance began in Italian city-states that had become wealthy through trade and finance.

3. Why did feudalism begin to decline?
The Origins of the Renaissance
Why did feudalism begin to decline?
Trade and industry grew. The manor system weakened.
Peasants moved to towns for work that paid wages.
Nobles also moved to towns and married into the mercantile class.
A new urban aristocracy formed. These nobles spent money on beautiful city homes.

4. How Learning Began to Change
The Origins of the Renaissance
How Learning Began to Change
Medieval Learning
Secular
Learning
Both
Have students use what they read in the section to complete the graphic organizer. You may want define the word secular as meaning “related to the world” before discussing this slide with students.

5. What cultures were models
The Origins of the Renaissance
What cultures were models
for the Renaissance?
The term Renaissance comes from the French word for rebirth.
Renaissance thinkers rediscovered the literature, art, and learning of ancient Greece and Rome.
To many people, those cultures became models for how to live.
Help students understand the metaphor behind the term Renaissance—the idea that interest in classical culture was reborn.

6. The Importance of Patrons
The Origins of the Renaissance
The Importance of Patrons
In Italian city-states, old aristocrats competed with wealthy merchants and bankers.
The newly rich gained status by becoming patrons of art and learning.
Patrons paid artists to make paintings and sculptures. They also paid architects to design buildings.

7. Birthplace of the Renaissance
The Origins of the Renaissance
Birthplace of the Renaissance
Why was Italy a natural trading center?
How did trade affect culture?
Why did the newly rich decide to become patrons of the arts?

8. Fabulous Florence Florence was a center of commerce and banking.
The Origins of the Renaissance
Fabulous Florence
Florence was a center of commerce and
banking.
One of the most powerful banking families
in Florence was the Medici.
They were patrons of the arts and Florence became a showcase
of Renaissance art and architecture.

9. Key Ideas Renaissance thinkers looked to classical
New Ways of Viewing the World
Key Ideas
Renaissance thinkers looked to classical
learning for a deeper understanding of
human life.
Renaissance art treated both religious and
secular themes in a new realistic style.

10. Key Terms humanism—a cultural movement of the
New Ways of Viewing the World
Key Terms
humanism—a cultural movement of the
Renaissance that was based on the study of
classical works
secularism—the view that religion need not be the center of human affairs
individualism—the belief that the individual
was more important than the larger community
Students should use the Word Wise feature in the Renaissance chapter of their Student Journal to explore Key Terms.

11. New Ways of Viewing the World
European Ideas Change
Medieval thinkers focused on faith and spirituality.
Renaissance scholars considered classical culture to be the foundation for a “new learning.”
Renaissance learning focused on three key ideas: humanism, secularism, and individualism.
More people learned to read.   
Most girls were not educated

12. New Ways of Viewing the World
New Viewpoints
How did the subjects studied by Renaissance scholars differ from those studied by medieval scholars?
What cultures did Renaissance scholars want to learn about?
How did the view of human life change during the Renaissance?
How were medieval and Renaissance attitudes about the purpose of art different?

13. The Spread of New Ideas Key Ideas Who invented the movable metal type?
Johann Gutenberg
What did he print in 1455?
The Bible
Key Ideas
Northern Renaissance thinkers promoted
religious and social reforms.
The development of printing increased
literacy and helped spread new ideas.

14. Renaissance Ideas Spread
The Spread of New Ideas
Renaissance Ideas Spread
During the Renaissance, ideas spread more rapidly than in the past.
Scholars studied in Italy and took the new ideas of the Renaissance back to their home countries.
Many northern scholars wanted to use the new learning to reform society and the Church.

15. The Renaissance Moves North
The Spread of New Ideas
The Renaissance Moves North
How did Renaissance ideas
spread to northern Europe?
Who did Erasmus want the Church
to use as a model?
What word did the English language adopt
from the writings of Rabelais, and
what does it mean?

16. What inventions and types of technology helped revolutionize printing?
The Spread of New Ideas
What inventions and types of technology helped revolutionize printing?
Printing
Press

17. Literacy and Censorship
The Spread of New Ideas
Literacy and Censorship
The increase in reading materials encouraged literacy.
Publishers printed medical manuals, travel accounts, and broadsheets.
People published criticisms of the Catholic Church.
The Church began to censor what people could read. It published a list of prohibited books.

18. The Spread of Ideas What types of materials did people want to read?
The Spread of New Ideas
The Spread of Ideas
What types of materials did people
want to read?
How did the Catholic Church view
the Renaissance emphasis
on individual self-expression?
What method did the Church use
to censor books?