Renaissance and Political Institutions Name: Instructor’s Name: Class: Date: Introduction Renaissance is a French term meaning rebirth or revival. Renaissance period in the history of Europe starts from the beginning of 15th century to the end of 16th century. The Renaissance manifested the transitional phase from the medieval ages to the modern era. It was a time of social and cultural changes in Europe. It is believed to be the beginning of the modern world and hence the new phase of the
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during the 1300. This included the movement from Medieval to the modern Europe we see today. The Italian Renaissance had many changes which included cultural change as well as the works of artists‚ writers‚ and architects. One of the main people during this time period would be Francesco Petrarch. Petrarch was born in Arezzo Italy and his profession was poetry and a Philosopher. Petrarch can be considered the start of the renaissance in Italy. Petrarch poetry is seen as the father of modern Italian language
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The Church in Medieval Europe In the twentieth century we often find it difficult to understand the role played by the Church in the tenth and eleventh centuries. The catholic church was the largest unifying structure in medieval Europe. It influenced many people’s lives no matter who they were and where they came from. Europe was 95% Christian during the middle or dark ages from the richest of kings to the poorest of serfs. All levels of society‚ belief in a god or gods was not a matter of choice
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paper and the printing devices were the most influencing cause of Renaissance. It is true because the intellectual awareness increased in the real sense only after the invention of printing. 7. Decline of Feudalism: The Renaissance was able to flourish because the Feudalism was declining. The cause of decline of feudalism was the rise of middle class and their support to the kings. It was this middle class which promoted Renaissance only when the feudalism declined. 8. Occupation of Constantinople
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The word renaissance means rebirth. This is a French word used to renew the aspects of the classical world of that time period with the application of Greco- Roman learning that had an effect on everything from culture‚ politics‚ science‚ and philosophy. It was first used by historians Jules Michelet and Jacob Burkhardt‚ who translated the term from the Italian Rinascita or Rinascimento. It was concluded that the Greco-Roman era was one of the heights of human achievement because it called for the
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000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe; the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper Paleolithic‚ though they are outnumbered by engraved pieces‚ which are sometimes classified as sculpture. With the beginning of the Mesolithic in Europe figurative sculpture greatly reduced
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Event: The Italian Renaissance begins Cause People like Petrarch who were obsessed with ancient Greece and ancient Rome; felt that the middle age was a “Dark age”‚ so they recovered the Latin text such as some of Cicero’s work. Fall of Constantinople‚ which Greeks scholars fled to Italy with Ancients texts. Plato’s work was translated in Latin. Another cause is humanism which is the prominent works of Greek‚ Roman‚ and biblical literature. Petrarch is called “The father of humanism”. The Printing
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Inventions of the Renaissance Clocks The first mechanical clock was invented in the early 1300’s. With this invention time began to be measured in hours (24 hours equaling a day). Galileo‚ an Italian scientist‚ discovered the pendulum in 1581. The pendulum greatly improved the constant movement of the hands or bell of a clock. The average error with the pendulum varied only by seconds each day. Before this the error was from 10 to 15 minutes a day. During the 1600’s the metallic gear‚ or toothed
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Classical Humanism is described as "a phenomenon that gave the Renaissance"¦.its distinctly secular stamp."� Define classical humanism in its historical context and discuss the values and philosophy that shaped the literature and visual art of the Renaissance. The great intellectual movement of Renaissance Italy was humanism. The humanists believed that the Greek and Latin classics contained both all the lessons one needed to lead a moral and effective life. The intellectual and social movement
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History is highlighted by the actions of men. While they do have an impact‚ it is often overlooked that women have just as much of a driving force in the events of time. While they may not always lead armies or discover new continents‚ women have always pariticipated in history. In the Renaissance‚ the Reformation‚ and the French Revolution‚ women had a presence in the course of events. The Renaissance is seen as a period of enlightenment and disocoveries. This is true‚ but it only applied to men
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