The Renaissance

Section 1: The Renaissance Begins

Latin Vernacular

The pope enjoyed your beautiful singing and has asked that you go sing for the Medici family. What city do you go to in order to find the Medici family?

Florence

Venice

Yes! You have answered correctly. The way to find the Medici’s is to travel to their home town of Florence. Now that you are here, there are two rival families who both want you to write a song for them. You have only been commissioned to write one song. How can you make both families happy and still only write one song?

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• Doge• Medici• Diplomacy• Machiavelli• Renaissance

• Secular• Marco Polo• Florence• Venice• City-State Competition

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Section 1: The Renaissance Begins

I. The Italian Renaissance

1300 1400 1500 1600

1594

Renaissance Begins in

Italy

1455

Gutenberg uses printing press to

print the first Bible

Shakespeare publishes first play

1350

What is the Renaissance?The Italian Renaissance

What is the Renaissance?The Italian Renaissance

Period of Rebirth

Art

Learning

What is the Renaissance?The Italian Renaissance

Period of Rebirth

Period of Individualism Art

Learning

What is the Renaissance?The Italian Renaissance

Period of Rebirth

Period of Individualism

Period of looking BackGreeksRomans

Art

Learning

What is the Renaissance?The Italian Renaissance

Period of Rebirth

Period of Individualism

Period of looking BackGreeksRomans

Art

Learning

Period of Increasing Secularism

R I B S

Rebirth Individualism

Back Secaularism

The Italian RenaissanceWhy Did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

The Four C’sCenter of the Old Roman Empire

The Italian RenaissanceWhy Did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

The Four C’sCenter of the Old Roman Empire

Crusades link the Middle East to Italy

The Italian RenaissanceWhy Did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

The Four C’sCenter of the Old Roman Empire

Crusades link the Middle East to Italy

City-state Competition

Chatting: People in cities shared ideas

Check for Understanding

Check for Understanding

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

Check for Understanding

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?A) Italy had a large feudal system with many successful country farms.B) New links were created during the crusades linking the Middle East and Italy.C) Competition among city-states led to increased interest in art and literature.D) Most people in Italy rejected religion. E) Both B and C

Check for Understanding

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?A) Italy had a large feudal system with many successful country farms.B) New links were created during the crusades linking the Middle East and Italy.C) Competition among city-states led to increased interest in art and literature.D) Most people in Italy rejected religion. E) Both B and C

Section 1: The Renaissance Begins

II. The Rise of Italy’s City-States

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Why do we do homework?

Jigsaw

Why was no single ruler able to unite

Italy?

Find Vatican City on the Map

Catholic Church

King 1 King 2

Do these two kings have equal power (represented by space and size of their color)?

Equal Division of Power

King 1

King 2

Do these two kings have equal power (represented by space and size of their color)?

Unequal Division of Power

Italian City State 1

Do these Italian City States have equal power (represented by space and size of their color)?

Equal Division of Power

Italian City State 2 Venice Florence

City-States

Cash

Middle EastItalian City

StatesWest Europe

Wood

Wood

Wood

Silks

Italy becomes

the center of trade

Silks Silks

Mongol trade Networks

II. The Rise of Italian City States

How did Italian city-states grow wealthy?

Wealth of Italian City-States

Italy is a peninsula situated between: o Spain and France to the

West o Byzantine/Ottoman

Empires in the East

Venice

Florence

Venice Florence

Used boats to get around canals

Traded cloth and banking

Both were famous Renaissance cities

Section 1: The Renaissance Begins

III. The Urban Noble

III. The Urban NobleMedieval Noble Urban Noble

Wealth gained from Land. Wealth gained from trade.

Thought they were above merchants.

Intermarried with rich merchants.

City-State Upper Class

III. The Urban Noble

How were Italian city-states run?

o Republic: Government controlled by Citizens

o Doge: Head of state in Venice.

o Medici Family was most powerful family in Florence and were bankers.

III. The Urban Nobleo Diplomacy: The art of

negotiating or making deals.

Machiavelli Cloze

Niccolo Machiavelli tried to answer the age-old question, “How could a _____ guarantee that he would stay in ____________?” He was a _______ from the city of _______. He wrote the book The ______ in 1513. Machiavelli was impressed by rulers who held a lot of power, operated under extreme ______, and executed actions ______________.

Word BankFlorence, quickly, ruler, secrecy, prince, diplomat, power