Answer the following in your journal.

1.How did medieval values change as trade and commerce grew?

2.What is a Monarchy?

3.How does the location of a town influence the growth?

4.How did the moneychangers earn money?

European Renaissance

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Revival ofClassical LearningRevival ofClassical Learning

•Humanism-Revival of classical learning

•Intellectual and Economic Changes during the 14th-16th Centuries

•Growth of the merchant class

•Resurgence of the city

RaphaelBaldassare CastiglioneRaphaelBaldassare Castiglione

Humanist Philosopher

HumanismHumanism

•3 main Greek & Roman ideas:

•Improvement through study & reflection

•Commitment to public service

•Life long learning (Well Rounded)

Intellectual & EconomicChangesIntellectual & EconomicChanges

•Education increases

•Humanists-Concern with the Greek & Roman Classics

•Art & Architecture developed

•View of the world changed

•Decline of religion

•Increased understanding of the world

Growth of the MerchantClassGrowth of the MerchantClass

•Demand for goods and services increases

•Manufacturing centered in towns & cities

•Bankers & moneychangers grew wealthy

•Increased focus on education

•Math, Reading, & Culture

Growth of the MerchantClassGrowth of the MerchantClass

•Merchant & Commercial Class grew in power

•More wealth=more influence

•Promoted education and understanding of the world

Resurgence of the citiesResurgence of the cities

•Italian City-States controlled government

•City-States ruled by wealthy families or individuals

•The families influenced the growth of learning, arts, and architecture of the city

Italian City-StatesItalian City-States

FlorenceFlorence

Lorenzo de’ Medici

•Controlled by the Medici family

•Expanded learning, art, and architecture

•Controlled international banking

SummarySummary

Instructions: For the remainder of the period, quietly compose a summary of today’s notes.

Use a clean sheet of binder paper.

Be mindful, you will be allowed to use this summary for the exam.

Title: Renaissance Notes Summary