CHAPTER 15 RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

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CHAPTER 15RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

• World History and Geography
• Mr. H

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The rebirth

• The Renaissance was a rebirth of classical Greek
  and Roman thinking.
  
• The power of the individual human was emphasized
  in Europe

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Causes for the Renaissance

• 1. Wealthy nobles and royalty became patrons for
  the arts
  
• 2. Scholars shifted to humanism, or emphasis on
  what a human is capable of.

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Famous Dudes

• Petrarch- famous scholar and teacher
• Machiavelli- wrote The Prince, that said rulers
  should only care about power.
  
• Leo da Vinci- architect, engineer, painter, and
  sculptor

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More dudes

• Michelangelo- brilliant painter who completed the
  Sistine Chapel.
  
• Artists used Perspective to make pictures more
  lifelike.

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Printing Press

• Around 1450, Johannes Gutenberg of Germany,
  created a printing press using movable type.
  
• THIS MADE THE MASS SPREAD OF INFORMATION AND
  IDEAS POSSIBLE.

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To be, or not to be..

• William Shakespeare began writing sonnets, plays,
  and stories in England.
  
• Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth
  are just some of his works

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Protestant Reformation

• Some people thought the Catholic Church was
  making money rather than providing religion.
  
• Monks like Tetzel were selling Indulgences to
  forgive people for sins.

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Martin Luther

• In 1517, the monk Martin Luther posted his 95
  Thesis on a church door
  
• The 95 Thesis listed all the complaints he had
  with the Catholic Church?Protestants

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Sects

• Anglican Church-England- Henry VIII started his
  own sect so he could divorce
  
• Calvinism- emphasized predestination
• French nobles who converted to protestants?Hugueno
  ts

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COUNTER REFORMATION

• The Council of Trent attempted to reform the
  Catholic Church.
  
• Ignatius Loyola formed the Jesuits to strengthen
  the church

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Readers are Leaders

• The printing press allowed for books to mass
  produced.
  
• ?Broadsides- single sheets with royal decrees or
  news
  
• ?Almanacs- books that predicted the weather and
  farming conditions.

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EX. Name this dinosaur