10.1 Late Medieval or Proto-Renaissance?

Late Medieval Age

13th to the 15th century

Black Death

string of unfortunate events

The Great Schism

Sociopolitical uncertainties and upheavals led to civil wars and religious controversies plaguing the Catholic church, eventually bringing about its splitting

Humanists

formed to investigate and eliminate superstitions and protest the church's authority in secular matters.

Humanism

focuses on what it means to be human rather than solely on scholastic religious matters.

Renaissance

• Rinascimento

• rebirth

• known for consciously reviving and refining certain classical forms, designs, and materials.