Warm UP
Open up your study guide and asnwer the
questions for section 17.1 (1-6)
(Remember to WRITE them on a notebook paper
so you can turn it in on test day)
17.1
1. The Renaissance was a rediscovery of which 2 ancient
civilizations?
2. What factors allowed the Renaissance to begin in Italy?
3. What is a patron?
4. What is Humanism:
5. What does it mean to be a “Renaissance Man”?
6. What is Secular:
TURN VOCAB TO MRS.MOYSAN’S DESK!
17.2 Northern
Renaissance
By the late 1400s the Renaissance
had spread to Northern Europe
 Population was growing
 The plague & the 100 years war had ended
 Italy was at war
 France attacked southern Italy, forcing artists (& others) to move
North
 Trade
Northern Renaissance centered in Flanders
map
Northern Writers try to reform Society
 Christian Humanists were critical of the failure of the
Church to inspire people to live a Christian life
 Wanted to reform society using education
 Promoted schools for both boys & girls
Erasmus- Praise of Folly
Sir Thomas More- Utopia
Christine de PizanThe City of Ladies
Christian Hmanists:
 Erasmus
 The Praise of Folly poked fun at greedy merchants, heartsick
lovers, quarrelsome scholars, & pompous priests
 Believed in a Christianity of the Heart- not of ceremonies or
rules
 Thought to improve society all people should study the bible
 Sir Thomas More
 Wrote Utopia about an imaginary land where there was no
corruption, no greed, no need for money, no war
 Christine de Pizan
 Wrote The Book of the City of Ladies & many more
 Questioned the different treatment of girls & boys
The
Renaissance
spreads- In
England,
Renaissance is
called the
Elizabethan Age
(after Queen
Elizabeth)
Gutenberg Improves the
Printing Press
 Chinese has invented a system from block printing around 1045 but it was
impractical because of the thousands of characters
 1440 Johan Gutenberg refined the printing press
 Gutenberg Bible was the 1st full size book printed
 Made it possible to produce books FAST & CHEAP
 Will increase literacy
make more books available
make printing cheaper
decrease the power of the
Church
Legacy of the Renaissance
Changes in the Arts
Changes in Society

Used techniques of Greece &
Rome

Printing made information more
available

Portrayed individuals more
realistically

Increased desire for learning

Published accounts of discoveries, maps,
charts led to further discoveries

Laws were printed

Christian humanists attempted to
influence how people lived

People began to question political &
Religious practices

Created works that were secular as
well as religious

Writer used vernacular

The arts praised individual
achievement
William Shakespeare
 The most famous playwright of all time
 (recent films based on Shakespeare)
Before You Go!
Write a Paragraph using ALL the words listed
below:
 Patron
 Vernacular
 Printing Press
 Renaissance
 Humanist/Humanism.