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Renaissance
The Renaissance was a period in which Europe underwent a rebirth in regards to classical art, literature, and architecture. The movement originated in Italy during the 14th century before spreading throughout Europe.
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What was European society like in the 1400s?
1st Answer:
Backward and isolated when compared with Chinese and Islamic societies.
2nd Answer:
European society of the 1400s was going through the Renaissance, which had begun in the 1300s. The Black Death was mostly over, and though it returned from time to time, it was never as widespread and damaging as it had been.
It was rather progressive in terms of trade and exploration compared with most of the Middle Ages. Europeans were beginning to explore the coasts of Africa and, at the end of this time, the Americas.
Printing was invented, and by the end of the 1400s, books were common enough that laborers and farm hands were reading them.
It was a time when the superstitions of witch hunts had not yet taken firm hold, and the suppression of science of the Renaissance had not yet really begun.
France and England finished the Hundred Years' War, in which one of the most remarkable things in history happened: an illiterate seventeen year old peasant girl took over the French army and reversed the tide of the war, just at the time the French were tottering on defeat.
The Wars of the Roses, in the second half of this period, ended with England's first renaissance King, Henry VII, taking the throne.
Spain was unified with the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella, and the fall of Grenada, becoming a major country for the first time since the early 8th century.
It was quite a remarkable time.
Why did European rulers encourage overseas exploration?
European rulers encouraged exploration in the Americas because it would increase the country's wealth if they'd money. Many explorers searched for gold, silver, etc. Colonization created a lot of wealth, so many rulers wanted to scout the area before settling it.
Describe the importance of the family in Renaissance Italy?
Family was a very important part of Renaissance Italy with the power to make or break political and trade alliances. Marriages were arranged when children were young, and the strength of these unions could make or destroy a familyâ??s social or economic importance.
Did renaissance artists paint things as they saw them pretty or ugly?
Artists such as Davinci said that he believed there to be beauty in all walks of life. He painted people ugly and beautiful. I think he knew they were ugly it was just the beauty lied in the art.
Why did England form a new church and how did the catholic church reform itself?
During the reign of Henry VIII the English Catholic Church separated from Rome and Henry was made Head of the Catholic Church which was renamed the Church of England. This was because Henry needed a divorce from his wife who could not give him a male heir, and the Pope would not annul the marriages.
After Henry's death the church was engilfed in conflict as to the nature of the new church, many wanted to reform the church away from Catholicism and adopt the new Protestant ideas coming from within England and Europe. The Puritans wanted a complete removal of all traces of Rome as an example.
During the reign of Elizabeth I a compromise was reached where the Church of England retained some Catholic practices and dopted some Protestant reforming ideas.
The new faith evolved as the Anglican faith which remains to this day a unique mix of both Catholic and Protestant.
his home was in florence, he lived in the 'palazzo medici riccardi' (Via/road camillo cavour, 3, 50129, florenca) but he moved in the 'palazzo vecchio' (Piazza/square della Signoria, Firenze) then he bouht the palazzo pitti (Piazza/square dei Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze)
absolutely not. if the crime is bad enough, he can go to jail. ifit is just small he will just pay a fine
3 main reasons why education is important?
many people wants education to enhance their knowledge in their career
What was London like during the Renaissance?
London was a booming place to be during the Renaissance. It was a leader in commercial development. This is partly due to their diverse outlooks, their proximity to waterways and their skill in structuring stable financial institutes.
Someone who excels at several different subjects. During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance Man. He was knowledgeable not only about art, but also about science, anatomy, and he invented several different things that weren't created until centuries later.
Who where Dante Alighieri's siblings?
His father remarried Lapa Chiarissimo Cialuffi, who gave birth to two children: Francesco and Tana, Dante's step-siblings
Which artist was NOT a part of the Northern Renaissance?
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Was the Medici family a violent family?
yes in some ways, they made lots of enemys when they came to power and many members of the medici family were murdered. However they were great patrons of art and they made florance great
Why did the medieval church believe the earth was flat?
The Church did not have a teaching that the Earth was flat. There may have been a few people in the Church who believed that, but the prevailing view was that the Earth was spherical. The most respected source on astronomy in the Middle Ages was Ptolemy, and his Geometry contained arguments that the Earth was spherical and showed its size. Ptolemy did believe that the Earth was the center of the skies and the sun went around it; his argument was that if the sun was at the center, the Earth would have to spin at a thousand miles per hour, and the winds would knock everything down.
Math & Science . (:
Can a Schiavona sword have a curved blade?
Technically, no. the Schiavona is normally a straight, double-edged blade.
a small minority of them have a single edged blade (a backsword form), but those blades are not curved.
(though of course, its almost inevitable that somewhereout there, in a collection, there's one that is on a curved blade having just said that.... but such is the nature of the history of arms.)
What Enlightenment thinker described how government should correspond to the general will?
Rousseau believed that we live in a world where human beings are increasingly dependent on one another. He believes government should correspond to the general will and preserve human freedom.
What did women do during the renaissance?
Women of higher class had more opportunities to study. Some started translating and publishing books. Also more women of the middle classes learned to read, especially because of the invention of the printing press and the reformation (which encouraged people to read the Bible).
While women often tended the house, if they had no servants, they also worked in the business or had jobs like midwives, market-sellers, seamstresses or provided labor for guilds, a few even becoming masters.
Farm women worked on the land, but were also responible for food, children, weaving and spinning.
Who inspired the Renaissance movement?
The great inspirations of the Renaissance were artists and writers of the Late Middle Ages, which overlapped with the Renaissance to an extent.
My own feeling is that the greatest inspiration came from Giotto di Bondone who began working as an artist in the late 13th century and quickly became famous. The reason I say this is that Giotto's use of linear perspective was new and exciting, realistic, and rational. What I mean by rational is that it obeyed laws that were mathematically explained. This was a revelation to medieval thinkers, and I think it provided a powerful influence on later thinkers, up to and including Des Cartes. There was doubtless more than one person who asked whether, if visual art could be improved by rational though, why not everything else?
The Church inspired the Renaissance to some extent, by freeing scholars from scholastic bonds with the condemnations of 1210 to 1277. These condemnations made it possible for the scholars to explore new avenues of thought by banning teachings that were intellectually stagnant and unproductive, specifically teachings that disallowed empirical evidence.
Machiavelli, regardless of what one might think of him, sought to deal with political realities, rather than political ideals. While this might be cynical, wise government requires reality checks.
Dante was certainly a great influence. Others were vernacular authors in many different countries, including Chaucer, for example.
Among the other influences were the members if the Medici family. I think their influence in politics, as profoundly important as it was, was not as important as the influence they and people like them had in banking and commerce.
Another commercial influence was Marco Polo, whose story was published broadly in the early 14th century, not only in Italy, but as translated and published elsewhere. His travels and writings about them may have opened the eyes of Europeans in much the same way stories of returning crusaders had in earlier times. This influenced both trade and exploration.
Where did Catherine Medici live most?
The Medici family lived in Florence, Italy and this was the seat of their power. The palaces they had still exist and can be seen today by tourist. She was queen of France as well, but Florence, Italy was her home.
Did people in Shakespeare's time believe in women working?
Shakespeare lived in the time of the Renaissance. During the Renaissance, women could be glovers, butchers, leather-workers, goldsmiths, iron-mongers, cutlers, and wool merchants. Sometimes, if a craftsman died, his wife could either take his place in business or help to watch over it. So, yes, women did work.
The dominant political system in the middle ages was known as?
Feudalism is generally accepted as having been the predominant system of organization following the fall of the Roman Empire (the end of slavery) and the beginning of the mercantile traditions in (roughly) the 15th century, following the Black Death and resultant peasant-labour shortage.
How did trade contribute to art during Renaissance?
Trade was a huge part of the renaissance because it was the only way they made money and without money nothing could be done.
