History Prep
History. the renaissance.
-rebirth;period of west european's history where there was a great philosophical and artistic movement.
-14th to 17th century before the renaissance
-decline in middle ages
-focuses were mainly on rural and agricultural
-writings mostly concerned with the Church
-feudalism to national monarchies
-man became interested with the affairs of the world; they began to drift from the Church; they started to question life;
-crusades
origin of italian renaisance the renaissance started in italy because of several reasons; some of which are:
-the crusades-this allowed the europeans to be exposed to greek and roman writing which were preserved by the muslims
-trading- italy was the centre of the mediterrainean trade; this brought about great wealth to the country; the medici family was incharge of trade; they were very wealthy, this wealth was used to sponsor artists,painters,writers etc.
-italians were more attached to their classical roman heritage
-six major cities of italy in which the renaissance flourished
-genoa -venice -florence -milan -naples -rome
HUMANISM
-the study of classical writings (greeks and romans) ; it is the philosophy that people are rational beings
-men of the renaissance period began to break away from the church; we say this because they had began to criticize the authority of the church as well as they were quite interested in life itself ; these men were known as humanists, they had believed that life was more than living for the church but that man was intelligent beings and full of worth
ITALIAN HUMANISTS
Dante Alighieri
-From Florence
-Thinker and Writer of late13th-early14th century
-Pioneer of Renaissance ; Father of the Italian language
-Diplomat; Political Observer;Great Poet;
-Expressed words in the native Tuscan Tongue
-Wrote "The Divine Comedy"
Francesco Petrarch
-poet;studied law; member of the clergy;"founder of humanism"
-master of lyric poetry
-interested in archeology
-rebirth;period of west european's history where there was a great philosophical and artistic movement.
-14th to 17th century before the renaissance
-decline in middle ages
-focuses were mainly on rural and agricultural
-writings mostly concerned with the Church
-feudalism to national monarchies
-man became interested with the affairs of the world; they began to drift from the Church; they started to question life;
-crusades
origin of italian renaisance the renaissance started in italy because of several reasons; some of which are:
-the crusades-this allowed the europeans to be exposed to greek and roman writing which were preserved by the muslims
-trading- italy was the centre of the mediterrainean trade; this brought about great wealth to the country; the medici family was incharge of trade; they were very wealthy, this wealth was used to sponsor artists,painters,writers etc.
-italians were more attached to their classical roman heritage
-six major cities of italy in which the renaissance flourished
-genoa -venice -florence -milan -naples -rome
HUMANISM
-the study of classical writings (greeks and romans) ; it is the philosophy that people are rational beings
-men of the renaissance period began to break away from the church; we say this because they had began to criticize the authority of the church as well as they were quite interested in life itself ; these men were known as humanists, they had believed that life was more than living for the church but that man was intelligent beings and full of worth
ITALIAN HUMANISTS
Dante Alighieri
-From Florence
-Thinker and Writer of late13th-early14th century
-Pioneer of Renaissance ; Father of the Italian language
-Diplomat; Political Observer;Great Poet;
-Expressed words in the native Tuscan Tongue
-Wrote "The Divine Comedy"
Francesco Petrarch
-poet;studied law; member of the clergy;"founder of humanism"
-master of lyric poetry
-interested in archeology