The Renaissance: New Directions

Renaissance spread across Europe Southern Renaissance (Italy) focused on classical antiquity with its worldly values Northern Renaissance focused on renewed Christianity and biblical studies. Renaissance was an elite movement far removed from the masses

North vs. South Both focused on the individual – Northern  focused on individual in a religious or communal setting; Focused on the hardships of life – Southern  stressed the individual in secular, commercial, and urban scenes – THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS!

Ideas with the Renaissance Individualism Worldliness Learning Antiquity Reform

Did the five ideas come from the Middle Ages? Individualism? – Sense of individualism in the personal nature of Middle Ages  feudal contracts Worldliness? – Middle class illustrated worldliness and materialism Learning? – Contributed to the scholastic method and universities Antiquity? – Roman law revived; Aristotle approach to knowledge Reform? – St. Francis of Assissi and St. Dominic led movements of reform

Do the five ideas still exist today? Individualism? Worldliness? Learning? Antiquity? Reform?