1. Day 1 – Chapter 5
“In essence the Renaissance was the green end of one of civilization’s hardest winters”
John Fowles
EQ:
What is the Renaissance?
Where did it start?
What are some characteristics of the Renaissance
Trivia Sheet
Renaissance Timeline Handout
Michelangelo movie

2. The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation 1350 - 1600

3. What is the Renaissance?
Renaissance literally means rebirth and refers to the rebirth of art and learning in Europe from 1300 to
During this time there was an explosion of creativity and knowledge unsurpassed by any period in the history of the world.
The Renaissance began in Italy around 1300 and later spread north.

4. Why Italy?
Overseas Trade (B/C of its location to the Mediterranean Italy was a hub of economic activity)
Large city states in Northern Italy
Large Urban population
Three important city states in Italy were
Milan
Florence
Venice

5. Characteristics of the Renaissance
The Renaissance was secular and put emphasis on the individual rather than the institution
Secular = worldly, apart from the church. Catholic countries were becoming more secular.
The popular belief before the renaissance was that a person pleased God by suffering.
During the renaissance people started to realize that a person could enjoy many pleasures without sinning (or offending God)

6. Humanism
Humanism – was a key intellectual movement of the Renaissance, that was based on the study of classic literary works of Greece and Rome.
Humanists studied Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy and history

7. Day 2
“Shoot at me a thousand times and I may survive; one scratch from me and you will find your prospects take a dive” What am I?
EQ:
What are some Famous Ren. artists?
What are some Characteristics of Ren. art & Literature?
Analyze Mona Lisa & Last Supper
Gutenberg / Luther handout

8. Renaissance Art
Mesaccio’s Frescoes revolutionized art and started a explosion of Renaissance masterpieces
Fresco – a painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water based paint

9. How did the Renaissance influence Art?
Renaissance Artists sought to give a more accurate portrayal of nature, detailed human body and anatomy, and be more realistic.
Michelangelo's Statue of David and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa are examples of the study and attention to the Human body.

10. Renaissance Artists
Some of the most famous artists lived during the Italian Renaissance
Donatello – Sculptor and Painter
Leonardo Da Vinci – Painter, sculptor Mona Lisa, The last Supper
Raphael – Painter – The School of Athens, The Virgin Wedding
Michelangelo Buonarroti - Statue of David, Sistine Chapel

11. More Renaissance Art

12. Renaissance Literature
Johann Gutenberg was a German who reinvented the printing press around 1440
The Printing Press helped spread the renaissance by enabling a printer to produce hundreds of copies at a time, making books less expensive.
Now the Renaissance ideas were put out at a faster pace

13. Renaissance Literature Cont.
Many Renaissance writers started to write in Vernacular – writing in the language actually spoken in that particular region, such as English French or German, rather than formal Latin.
Dante (The Divine Comedy) and Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales) both wrote in Vernacular.
Other important authors of the Period – Machiavelli – The Prince.

14. Day 3 “Genius in 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” EQ: Europe Map
Thomas Edison
EQ:
Why did Luther think the Church needed reforming?
What effect did Protestant Reformation have on Christianity? Europe? The World?
Europe Map
My Faith Timeline

15. The Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a movt. for religious reform within the Catholic Church led by Martin Luther
The Church then attacked Luther causing many to break away from the Catholic Church
Therefore new protestant denominations were formed.

16. What caused the Reformation?
Luther was concerned about the widespread corruption within the church, particular the sale of indulgences.
Indulgences - A Pardon from doing penance. Church Officials (Tetzel) began selling these to make money to build a cathedral. Essentially people were buying the right to sin.
At a church in Wittenberg (Germany) Martin Luther posted the Ninety – five thesis.

17. Luther’s 95 Thesis
Luther wrote 95 formal statements attacking the corruption and secularism of the clergy of the Catholic Church.
Luther’s three main ideas were
People could receive salvation only by God’s gift of forgiveness (faith alone, not works)
All church teachings should be based on the Bible
All people with faith are equal (do not need priests to interpret the Bible)

18. The Response of the Church
In 1521, The Church Excommunicated Luther.
By the Edict of Worms, Luther was declared an outlaw within the Holy Roman Empire.
His works were to be burned and he was to be captured and delivered to the Emperor.
Luther was never caught because people protected him.
Martin Luther then worked on Translating the Bible into German and started the Lutheran Church

19. The movement spreads
John Calvin was a French man who continued the protestant movement.
He taught the doctrine of predestination and published a book called Institutes of the Christian Religion. The religion based on Calvin’s teachings was called Calvinism.
Predestination - Calvin said that Men and women are sinful by nature. God chooses only a very few people to save, these are known as the elect. God has known from the beginning of time who will be saved

20. Day 4 Why are goals important??
List 7 personal or professional goals of yours.
EQ:
Why did England separate from the Catholic Church?
Cause/ Effect Organizer

21. England becomes a protestant nation
King Henry VIII did not have a male child (heir to his throne) by his wife Catherine, so he wanted to divorce her. He wanted to marry a younger woman who would have him a son.
He asked the pope to annul his marriage with Catherine, but the Catholic Church did not allow divorces. King Henry breaks away from the Catholic Church and forms the Church of England.
“Bloody Mary” – Mary, Henry VIII’S daughter, was a catholic and wanted to return England to its Catholic roots. She gained the nickname because she had hundreds of protestants killed.

22. Conflict between the Pope and England

23. The Church reforms
After the Protestant Reformation, in the mid 1500’s the church decided that it needed to reform its doctrines.
The Council of Trent –Catholic Cardinals, Bishops, and priests met in response to Protestant changes.
Faith and goods works were necessary to salvation
The selling of indulgences were prohibited
The seven sacraments and clerical celibacy were upheld.

24. The Council of Trent

25. Day 5
“ Some people who were born on third base go through life thinking that they have hit a triple”
Barry Switzer
CH 5 Test
Intro Ch. 6