THE BEGINNING
OF THE
RENAISSANCE
Portugal & Spain
Reasons for explorations of new lands
 1. Control of land and discovery
 2. Looking for trade
 3. Resources
CAUSE
 When towns began to develop, people
bought & sold many goods and services
 People wanted to expand trade with other
areas that were being explored
EFFECT
 Due to expansion people became
wealthier, middle class relied less on
the rich, and sought to educate
themselves
ITALY
 Exploration of new ideas & attitudes
 Renaissance is Latin for “rebirth”
REBIRTH
 The term Renaissance, literally means "rebirth" and is the
period in European civilization immediately following the
Middle Ages, conventionally held to have been
characterized by a surge of interest in classical learning and
values. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery and
exploration of new continents, the substitution of the
Copernican for the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, the
decline of the feudal system and the growth of commerce,
and the invention or application of such potentially
powerful innovations as paper, printing, the mariner's
compass, and gunpowder. To the scholars and thinkers of
the day, however, it was primarily a time of the revival of
classical learning and wisdom after a long period of cultural
decline and stagnation.
MOVEMENT
 Middle Ages
Age of faith in
God & Heaven
Renaissance
Age of Humanity
(Science/Language/Literature)
ERASMUS
 Desiderius Erasmus gained fame throughout
16th-century Europe for his scholarly and
popular writings, including pointed, witty
criticisms of civil rulers, the clergy and religious
superstition
ERASMUS
The greatest scholar/humanist of the
Northern Renaissance
Humanist: Scholars that studied the
humanities including history, languages
and literature.
2 GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1. Made new translation of the Greek
Testament into Latin
(Latin was the dominant language of
learning in Europe)
 Translated a collection of Proverbs/Sayings
from the ancient world.
 Book: Adages
To break the ice
Eyes in the back of his head
CREATED
BY
 Tim Sigmon Inc
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