Machiavelli
leader who wrote The prince
believed a good leader will do anything to achieve their goal
included being a bad person, such as killing people to get what they want.
Medici
richest family in the renaissance
were patrons of the art from the renaissance
family bank
reason for the beautification of city states, by bringing back Greek and roman ideas.
Antiquity
Greek and Roman ideas
Savonarola
kicked out the Medici family, which lead to him being an unofficial leader
told people to burn their expensive stuff into a bonfire
the church charged him with heresy
Luther
hung the 95 theses on the church door
wrote the bible in the vernacular so everyone could read it
started Lutheran church
Merchant
they sell or trade things along the silk road
Gutenberg
made the printer presser
let people gain access to knowledge and made a greater spread of information
Patron
someone who pays money to someone else to produce art
commissions
Humanism & Humanist Values
person believes that humans have the capability to do something
values are that people have the right to knowledge, education, be curious, and to be skilled.
Civic Humanism
believed people should be good citizens and to be that you should be educated in politics and history
Italian City-States
separate cities in Italy that have their own government system
They are surrounded by hinterlands
Usury
lending money to someone then charging interest
Heresy
going against the church
could get punished by church
Scientific method
promoted using observations by using evidence and reasoning
Vernacular
the language everyone spoke in that area
Renaissance
the rebirth of Greek and Roman ideas
Silk Road
It was a route to get to Asia but needed to get through Italy to get to Asia
merchants went along that route to sell or trade
Italy
boot like shape country in Europe
Geography of Italy
mountains
surrounded by the ocean
Islamic civilization knowledge was greater than that of Europeans
taught the Europeans about the wealth they had
way more advanced, having wealth and having knowledge
Ancient Greek and Roman knowledge
knowledge from back then put into things in the renaissance
brought back these ideas in art, science, architecture
4 Reasons for City-State Success
geography - trade cheaper/easier
climate - mild, grow crops any time of year
leadership - separate government
social organization - can move up or down hierarchy
Human anatomy and medicine
started dissecting human bodies to learn anatomy
how to find cures for the diseases that were spreading
Mathematics influence
showed geometry and how things in nature can be measured
Change in art during the Renaissance
having depth
humans
being more realistic
correct anatomy
correct proportions
Protestant Reformation spread
protested the church
catholic church went back to the way it used to be, by taking back what the did
Isabella d’Este
leader
humanitarian
listened to peoples issues
peace
Dante
wrote Dante’s inferno in vernacular
scared people to becoming a good person
geocentricism
everything revolves around earth
heliocentrism
everything revolves around sun
Nicolas Copernicus
disproved geocentricism
proved earth rotated on axis
Leonardo Da Vinci
dissected humans that help inform doctors and artist
made famous art + inventions
Galileo
developed modern astronomy
scientific method
astronomy
indulgences
a ticket to heaven for a very high cost sold from the church