The Renaissance
Chapter 14
Why Did the Renaissance Begin in Italy?
The Renaissance was marked by a new interest in the culture of
___________________________
Italy had been the center ________________.
cities of Italy _____________________________________________
wealthy merchant class _______________________________
Florence ______________________________________.
What Was the Renaissance?
Humanism
Three Geniuses of Renaissance Art
• LEONARDO -
Three Geniuses of Renaissance Art
MICHELANGELO -
Three Geniuses of Renaissance Art
• RAPHAEL -
The Renaissance Moves North
The Northern Renaissance began in Flanders and later spread to Spain,
France, Germany, and England.
Albrecht Durer
Jan and Hubert van Eyck
Pieter Bruegel
Pieter Bruegel
The Printing Revolution
A printing revolution took place when:
IMPACT:
Writers of the Northern Renaissance
• RABELAIS -
Writers of the Northern Renaissance
• SHAKESPEARE -.
Writers of the Northern Renaissance
• CERVANTES -
The Protestant Reformation
In the 1500s, calls for reform unleashed forces that
would shatter Christian unity. The movement is
known as the Protestant Reformation.
People who joined the movement for reform called
themselves Protestants, for those who
“protested” papal authority.
Abuses in the Church
The Teachings of Martin Luther
• Salvation.
• The Bible.
• All Christians have equal access
Luther’s ideas spread quickly in northern Germany
and Scandinavia.
John Calvin
• Predestination
• Theocracy
• By the late 1500s, Calvinism had taken root in
• Calvinists faced
Reformation Ideas Spread
Radical Reformers
Anabaptists
England and the Church
The Catholic Reformation
Causes and Effects of the Protestant
Reformation
• Immediate Effects
Causes and Effects of the Protestant
Reformation
• Long-Term Effects
Widespread Persecution
The Scientific Revolution
• Changing Views of the Universe
• This new approach to science depended on observation and
experimentation
Nicolaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Keppler
Galileo Galilei
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Scientific Advances
Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Andreas Vesalius
William Harvey
Ambroise Pare
Anthony von Leeuwenhoek