1. What does Renaissance mean?
List everything you know about the
Renaissance.

2. An Introduction to the Renaissance
Using the movie you are to identify 3 aspects of civilization that were reborn during the Renaissance.

3. 28 – 1 The Italian City States
Leaders of Italian city states:
Spent money on ceremonies and parades to impress the people
Ordered the building of churches and palaces
Encouraged scholars, poets and philosophers to set up palace schools
Classical writings, good manners, wrestling, fencing and swimming were studied
The humanists believed in the importance of people.
Their thinking led to the new age called the Renaissance (rebirth).
People became more interested in the world around them.
Paying close attention to details of nature
Becoming interested in perspective
Studying the structure of the human body
Experiment with light, color and shade
Renaissance artists created their own style by:

4. How did the Italian city states contribute to the spirit of the Renaissance?

5. Using your text read about the Italian city states
Using your text read about the Italian city states. Answer section assessment
questions on page 440.
read pg who is Machiavelli and what did he
Do for politics?

6. About Machiavelli
The Italian Renaissance developed in an environment in which politics took on an increasingly competitive,
secular tone. Within each Italian state, parties fought for power while at the same time the states
fought each other for dominance or advantage. After 1492, Italy was invaded numerous times by Spain,
France, and the Holy Roman Empire. These developments are reflected in the life and work of the great
Renaissance political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli ( ).
Born in Florence when it was under the rule of the Medicis, Machiavelli initiated his career in
the Florentine civil service in 1498 during the period when the Medicis were out of power, replaced by
a republican government. He rose to important diplomatic posts within the government,
but was forced into retirement when the Medici family came back to power in He never gave up hope
of returning to favor, and he wrote his most famous work, The Prince (1513), in part as an application
to the Medic rulers for a job in the Florentine government. The book has since become a classic treatise
in political theory, above all for the way that it divorces politics from theology and metaphysics.
Source: Western Civilization, Vol. 1. Edited by Dennis Sherman. McGraw-Hill, 1991.

7. Sect 2 France and
Sect 3 Germany/Flanders
The Renaissance spread to Germany and Flanders.
Religious scholars learned Greek and Hebrew.
Scholars wanted changes to make Church teachings simpler.
German merchants appreciated Renaissance values and established a new privileged middle class.
Johann Gutenberg developed a printing press of movable type.
New ideas could be spread rapidly.
Northern European artists (Hubert and Jan Van Eyck) painted scenes from the Bible and daily life with oils.
France was influenced by the Renaissance.
French kings became fascinated by Italian architecture, art and fashions.
Nobles hired Italian architects to design chateaux.
French authors were encouraged to model works of the Italian authors.
Most famous French author was Rabelais.

8. Explain 2 ways the printing press changed society.

9. Read in your text book about France, Germany
And Flanders. Complete section assessment questions
5 for both sections.

10. The Renaissance took root in Spain in the 15th century.
It was influenced by the close ties between the Catholic Church and government.
Cardinal Jimenez believed in the value of learning and helped found universities.
He helped produce a translation of the Bible ( Greek, Latin, Hebrew).
The palace at El Escorial served as the royal court and became a symbol of the power and religious devotion of Spanish rulers.
Toledo became a center for painting and poetry.
El Greco’s long-bodied figures were much like Byzantine pieces.
Miguel de Cervantes was a noted author who wrote Don Qixote.
Sect 4 Spain

11. Using your text book, complete the section assessment for section 4,
Page 443

12. Renaissance England
The Yorkists and Lancasters fought for control of the throne.
It was called the War of the Roses. (Heraldic symbol of the Yorks  white rose; Lancasters  red rose.
Poetry, music and theater became part of daily life.
England’s theater was performed during the afternoon in the open air. The audience sat underneath a roof or stood in the pit.
William Shakespeare was England’s best known playwright.
Section 5
The first Tudor king, Henry VII, prepared the way for the Renaissance by making the military stronger and building up trade.
Queen Elizabeth I helped the English Renaissance peak.

13. List 3 facts you learned about Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare

14. Using your text book, read Section 5 about England.
Complete the entire section assessment.

15. Why did explorers explore? Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?

16. architecture
art
Identify elements of art and architecture of the Renaissance.
Whose styles were copied?