You are a student from Holland,
studying law at the university in
Bologna, Italy. Life in Renaissance
Italy is so exciting! You’ve met
artists & writers & learned so
much about art & literature. You
can hardly wait to tell people at
home about everything you’ve
learned. But now a lawyer in
Bologna has offered you a chance
to stay & work in Italy.
Will you stay in Italy or return
to Holland? Why?
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Big Idea: The Renaissance spread far
beyond Italy, and as it spread, it changed.
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Papermaking spread from China
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Around 1440- Johann Gutenberg developed a
printing press that used movable type.
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By 1300s- European factories were making paper
Enabled entire page to be printed at once.
1456- Printed Bible allowed more people to read
New Universities opened up all through out Europe
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Set up by humanists, only men could attend
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As Renaissance spread into Northern Europe, the
focus was more on history of Christianity
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Christian Humanism- blend of humanism & religious ideas
Northern scholars came to feel Church was corrupt.
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Desiderius Erasmus criticized corrupt clergy to get rid of
meaningless rituals
Emphasized devotion to God & Jesus teachings
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Miguel de Cervantes- author of Don Quixote
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William Shakespeare- greatest English writer
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Document #1: In Praise of folly (foolishness)
by Erasmus
How foolish, or rather how happy, are those
who promise themselves more than supernal
{heavenly] happiness if they repeat the
verses of the seven holy psalms! …these silly
things…are approved not only by the
common herd but even by the teachers of
religion.
1. Is Erasmus saying that religion is
foolishness? Explain.
2. How does this reflect a Renaissance idea?
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Document #2: William Shakespeare-Julius Caesar
Men are some time masters of their fates: the
fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in
ourselves, that we are underlings (inferior).
1. Why does Shakespeare use characters from
ancient Roman times?
2. How is this quote a reflection of renaissance
ideas?
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Where did paper originate?
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Johann Gutenberg?
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Christian Humanism?
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Miguel de Cervantes?
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William Shakespeare?
 Study
for Quiz on Italian
Renaissance Chapter 19
Section 1 tomorrow.