The Renaissance Begins
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The Renaissance BeginsDaily EQ: Why did the
Renaissance begin in Italy?
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What is the Renaissance?
• Rebirth of art and learning• Looking to classics for inspiration and
understanding: Greece and Rome
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Why?• People have lived through
chaotic/depressing Middle Ages• Ready for a change• The Silk Road
– Marco Polo (maybe) traveled and brought back items and stories of Asia that made people curious
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Fall of Constantinople• 1453 – the city of Constantinople is
taken over by the Ottomans• Ends the Byzantine Empire
(Roman)
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Return of the Classics• Migration of scholars, poets, artists,
scientists, etc… from Constantinople to Italy and France–Bring Greek and Roman ideas,
writings, and artifacts with them
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Growth of Trade• Ottoman Empire links Europe with
Asia/ME• Trade will also go through Italy because
of its location (peninsula)
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Ideas• Ideas and cultures spread because
of trade–Classics – Roman/Greek, ME
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Italy’s trade carried the Renaissance ideas to the rest of
Europe
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Wealthy Merchant Class
• Wealthy families emerge in city-states of Italy because of trade.
• Very powerful; controlled politics/govt
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Patrons• Many of these people became
patrons and used their money to support artists, sculptors, poets etc…
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Peace • There was a period of peace in Italy.
–People could focus on trade and the arts
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Bubonic Plague• Didn’t hit Italy as hard as rest of Europe• Allowed many peasants to move away
from farm life• Lead to increase in wages and standard
of living – rise of a new Middle Class
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Home to Classics
• Italy is the home of the Roman Empire • Leftover artifacts from Rome to study