1. Agenda
9.9.10

2. Unit II – The Early Modern World: Renaissance and Reformation
Drill – Secular means worldly, materialistic or motivated by money. Do you think we live in a secular or spiritual country? Explain.
Why was the renaissance known as a “rebirth”?
Powerpoint - The Renaissance
Homework – Finish taking notes on chapter 5, section 1 (165 – 167), and READ

3. The Renaissance The Italian Renaissance 1350 – 1600
Renaissance means “rebirth”
Italians felt they witnessed a “rebirth” of ancient Greece and Rome
Characterized by THREE things:
Italy was an URBAN society
City-states were the center of Italian political, economic and social life CHURCH POWER DECLINED
City-states = secular (worldly, materialistic and focused on wealth)

4. Italy
Satellite image
Looks like a boot!

5. 2. Age of Recovery
People recovered from political instability and the plague; developed interest in ancient cultures
Church power declined; had time for intellectual and secular pursuits
3. Emphasis on Individual Ability
Higher regard for human worth
Ex. Leonardo da Vinci – painter, sculptor, architect and mathematician

6. Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Man (and one ugly guy)
The Mona Lisa

7. The Italian States
Italy didn’t have one strong monarch, instead had strong city-states: Milan, Florence, Venice
City-states had profited from trade with the Middle East (a result of the Crusades), and had access to silks, sugar and spices
Milan: Visconti and Sforza rulers built a strong state. Had efficient tax system that brought lots of $ to the state.
Venice: Run by a small group of wealthy merchant- aristocrats – strong trade network.
Florence: Run by the Medici family. Ran the city from behind the scenes.

8. Major city-states in Italy, 1494

9. As city-states got wealthier, church power declined
The Italian Wars
Charles VIII of France was jealous of Italy’s wealth
Sent 30,000 soldiers to Italy in 1494
Italy called Spain for help, and for 30 years, Spain and France fought for domination in Italy
Spain finally won in 1527 when Spanish king, Charles I, gave his troops permission to loot the city of Rome.