Renaissance World History Honors

What was the Renaissance?

Means rebirth (1350-1600) Started in Italian city states (Florence, Eunice, Milan, Naples) Spread north to France, ENgland, Germany, Netherlands.

Main ideas Rebirth

Rebirth of the sport of questioning that characterized Greco-Roman culture- What can man achieve in this world?

Now Europe

Conflict, contrast and change- medieval and Greco-Roman- Faith and reason come into conflict produce tension

Revial of Trade and Towns

No more Barbadian invasions which let to safer transportation and surplus was used for facilities for storage marketing and controlled by the feudal lords who gained freedom by purchasing charters form high lord or king. Re-emerge of the merchant class

Crusades (1095-1291) And who went

Occurred during the Byzantine empire. To retake Constantinople Pope Urban 2 turned the war into a religious one. Nobles, middle classes, and serfs.