1. The Renaissance

2. Renaissance The age of reform 1400’s-1700’s Humanism Art Science Music
Religion
Self-Awareness

3. Humanism Combination of Reasoning and Empirical Evidence
Emphasizes knowledge being as important as obedience in religion
Study of the 5 humanities
Poetry
Grammar
History
Moral Philosophy
Rhetoric

4. Art Not just painting but also architecture Sculpting
All the Ninja Turtles will be in this age
Michaelangelo
Donatello
Raphael
Leonardo

6. Science Invention of Printing Applied Mathematics Looking to the stars
The “discovery” of Gravity
Ship building becomes more advanced

7. Religion Reformations Christianity evolves
Protestant religions are created
Persecution ramps up, leads people to want to flee persecution

8. Self Awareness Europeans become more interested in their own humanity
We begin an era where culture is exploding and our knowledge about the world is expanding

9. Gutenberg’s Printing Press
In 1440 Gutenberg creates an improved printing press that revolutionized mass communication
Permanently changed society
Information could now be mass produced and mass distributed
The Catholic Church would lose its hold on the distribution of religious text

10. Lingua Franca
The Lingua Franca is the language in which all international relations are performed
For example, the Lingua Franca today is English
In 1500 the Lingua Franca is Latin
In England at this time, the literacy rate for women is somewhere near 2%, for men it is roughly 10%

11. Enter Martin Luther Born in Germany in 1483
Well Educated, Masters degree in Grammar, logic, rhetoric, metaphysics
His life is one of constant questions
Continues to study at the University of Wittenburg

12. Luther’s Reformation Reformation: to reform, or drastically change
Luther went to Rome to a meeting of the Catholic church leaders and became disillusioned with the Catholic church
Disillusioned: feeling out of touch with the teachings of an institution
Feels like there is a lot of corruption in the Catholic Church

13. The Protestant Reformation
In 1513 Luther read the first line of Psalm 22
In 1515 he prepares a lecture on Paul’s Epistle to the Romans where he reads the “just will live by faith”
Discovers that salvation is not fear and enslavement but rather faith and trust

14. 95 Theses
In 1517, Pope Leo X (the tenth) announced a new round of indulgences to raise money for St. Peter’s Basilica
Indulgences: money paid to the catholic church to forgive you of sins
October 31, 1517 CE, Martin Luther nails a paper with 95 complaints or discussion points onto the door of Wittenburg Chapel
Called the Papacy the Anti Christ

15. Impact of the Reformation
Revolutions and revolts throughout Europe
Political shift: the church and governments begin to separate
Political revolution is more popular
Unified a country under a single language
Literacy rises?
How? Do any of you have non denominational religious texts in your homes? How many copies?

16. The Printing Press in all of this
Before Luther, the bible was printed in only 1 language: Latin
Luther wanted the bible, and through it “salvation” available to every man
Luther translated the bible into German, more importantly into the German he knew, which became the standard for the German Language

17. The Age of Discovery Exploration for the 3 G’s: Gold, Glory, and God
Europeans begin to expand and trade with surrounding cultures
Very expensive to travel to the indies
If a man could find a cheaper route he would be rich
Gold, the G that drives the “discovery” of America

18. Age of Discovery

19. Countries leading the Way
England
John Cabot: First European to explore Newfoundland since the vikings
Netherlands
Henry Hudson (Sailed for England): Tried to find the Northwest passage. A sea route through North America
France
Jean Ribault: Explored Florida
Samuel de Champlain: Settled Quebec
Portugal
Bartolomeu Dias: First Explorer to travel around the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco De Gama: First European to SAIL to India
Ferdinand Magellan: Accomplishments of Magellan
Spain
Christopher Columbus