HISTORY 444HISTORY 444

Dr. ShealyDr. Shealy

RENAISSANCE & RENAISSANCE & REFORMATION EUROPEREFORMATION EUROPE

PERIODIZATIONPERIODIZATION•MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, & MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, &

REFORMATION OVERLAPREFORMATION OVERLAP•REN. & REF. CONCURRENT REN. & REF. CONCURRENT

& COTERMINOUS& COTERMINOUS

•LUTHER’S 95 THESES, 1517LUTHER’S 95 THESES, 1517•MICHELANGELO’S SISTINE MICHELANGELO’S SISTINE

CHAPEL, 1512. HE DIED IN CHAPEL, 1512. HE DIED IN 1564.1564.

• MACHIAVELLI’S MACHIAVELLI’S THE THE PRINCEPRINCE ,1532 ,1532

1475 MICHELANGELO 1564

1483 LUTHER 1546

SISTINE CHAPEL, 1512

1469 MACHIAVELLI 1527

95 THESES, 1517

THE PRINCE,1532

MEANING OF MEANING OF RENAISSANCERENAISSANCE

•RENAISSANCE MEANS RENAISSANCE MEANS “REBIRTH”“REBIRTH”

• JACOB BURCKHARDT: JACOB BURCKHARDT: CIVILIZATION OF THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALYRENAISSANCE IN ITALY

•““THE DISCOVERY OF THE THE DISCOVERY OF THE WORLD & OF MAN”WORLD & OF MAN”

•INDIVIDUALITY & CLASSICAL INDIVIDUALITY & CLASSICAL CULTURECULTURE

CRITICISM OF CRITICISM OF BURCKHARDTBURCKHARDT

•CONTINUITY W/ MIDDLE CONTINUITY W/ MIDDLE AGES : RENAISSANCE AGES : RENAISSANCE MARKED EXPANSION OF MARKED EXPANSION OF EARLIER TRENDSEARLIER TRENDS

•HUIZINGA’S “DEATH OF HUIZINGA’S “DEATH OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE”MEDIEVAL EUROPE”

•CHANGE NOT AS DRAMATIC CHANGE NOT AS DRAMATIC AS BURCKHARDT BELIEVEDAS BURCKHARDT BELIEVED

RENAISSANCE RENAISSANCE WASWAS DIFFERENT DIFFERENT

ARTART•SECULARIZATION: SECULARIZATION:

FASCINATION WITH FASCINATION WITH THISTHIS WORLDWORLD

•PORTRAITSPORTRAITS

POLITICSPOLITICS•CONTINUITY WITH CONTINUITY WITH

INCREASED AUTHORITY OF INCREASED AUTHORITY OF MEDIEVAL KINGSMEDIEVAL KINGS

•RENAISSANCE MONARCHYRENAISSANCE MONARCHY

LEARNINGLEARNING•CONTINUITY OF A “SORT”CONTINUITY OF A “SORT”•A NEW, CRITICAL ATTITUDEA NEW, CRITICAL ATTITUDE•PAST IN HISTORICAL PAST IN HISTORICAL

CONTEXTCONTEXT

•HUMANISM & THE VITA HUMANISM & THE VITA ACTIVAACTIVA

•MERCHANT BANKERS THE MERCHANT BANKERS THE NEW “PRINCES” & PATRONSNEW “PRINCES” & PATRONS

IMPORTANCE OF REN. IMPORTANCE OF REN. FOR FOR REFORMATIONREFORMATION

•DEVOTIA MODERNA: DEVOTIA MODERNA: PERSONAL PIETYPERSONAL PIETY

•CRITICAL ATTITUDE & CRITICAL ATTITUDE & EMPHASIS ON THE EMPHASIS ON THE INDIVIDUAL = CHANGEINDIVIDUAL = CHANGE

•VERNACULAR LANGUAGESVERNACULAR LANGUAGES

IMPORTANCE OF REN. IMPORTANCE OF REN. FOR REFORMATIONFOR REFORMATION

•GROWTH OF NATIONAL GROWTH OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESSCONSCIOUSNESS

•PRINTING PRESSPRINTING PRESS