1. Renaissance
Give quiz: list 4 things to describe medieval times

2. What Inventions Changed Medieval life?
Plow
Harness
Horseshoe

3. These changes brought more what?
More food
More Time

4. People have more TIME
Some people get a job that isn’t farming
They become traders of items
They move together to trade things: Cities
They invent Money

5. In the old way – people lived for Heaven
Now – people live for today!

6. When people get to the cities: They talk to each other – Share ideas
Stop here with Review. Give out worksheet – Italian renaissance begins with trade routes. Map is also found in book on page 51.

7. Where did it begin?
Northern Italy

8. Focused on Ancient Greece and Rome

9. Renaissance Art
Influenced by Greece and Rome
Lifelike paintings
Perspective
Oil based paints
Patrons paid for artist’s work

10. Humanism Literary movement which typified the Renaissance spirit
Focus on Life – not Heaven
Wrote in the Vernacular – everyday language
Importance of the Individual
Expanded Education

11. A Tradition of tyranny developed
A class of strong men arose – despots who brought order and stability
Clever, capable
Treacherous, Ruthless
Not Hereditary

12. City States grew too large to depend on citizen armies
Distances were too great
Weapons were too technical

13. Condotteri were professional Soldiers
Fought for pay, not patriotism
Loyalty to the highest bidder
Reduced warfare – “ don’t waste trained men”

14. Renaissance was often brutal and violent as people questioned authority and expressed themselves

15. Machiavelli: In politics, as in war, all that matters is to survive
A career diplomat
The Prince – a how to book on ruling
Forget ideals, base decision on reality
Success in the measure of value – lie, cheat, and steal