How could merchants have
led the way in cartography?
What is cartography?
CARTOGRAPHY
• Cartography is map making.
• A cartographer is a map maker.
• Cartographers used measurements and
calculations of merchants who traveled
to make more accurate maps.
EARLY MAP
• Not bad!!! They had no satellite images,
let alone cameras.
The Renaissance Beyond
Italy
FOCUS QUESTION
What two inventions helped spread new
ideas and information beyond Italy during
the Renaissance?
TECHNOLOGY
• How did the computer change our
society?
How were books printed in 1000?
Books were copied by hand,
usually by monks called scribes.
Looking at the picture and using
your knowledge of history, who do
you think could afford to have
books?
Would the working peasant class
have been able to afford to pay
for a book?
• Peasants had to
make everything
they needed.
• They didn’t have an
opportunity to learn
to read.
Who could afford to buy books?
• Wealthy people were more likely to be
able to read.
• Wealthy people could afford to buy
books.
PAPER
One important development in making
books available and affordable was the
development of paper. It was a lot
cheaper than the animal skins that they
had written on.
How did Europeans gain the
knowledge to make paper?
• Paper was invented by the Chinese.
• Arab traders learned how to make
paper from the Chinese.
• Europeans learned how to make paper
after trading with the Arabs.
How would the printing press be
like the computer of the
Renaissance?
Everything changed
with the invention of the
printing press.
Johann Gutenberg
• Gutenberg’s printing press helped
spread new ideas throughout Europe.
• It used movable type for mass
production.
JOHANN GUTENBERG
• The first book he printed was the
Gutenberg Bible which was beautiful
and ornate.
Miguel de Cervantes
Made fun of romantic
tales of the Middle Ages.
The main character is an
old man who decides to
become a knight.
You are left wondering whether he was wise or insane.
Please turn to page 316.
How was humanism reflected in
the works of Shakespeare?
Everyday people/relationships
Everything human!
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Families
Love
Betrayal
Loyalty
Fear
Bravery
Humor
Death
William Shakespeare
FOCUS QUESTION
What two inventions helped spread new
ideas and information beyond Italy during
the Renaissance?
Paper
Printing