1. Renaissance Era
Unit 7

2. Beginning Started in northern Italy, then spread throughout Europe
Trade with Muslims + Classical knowledge = Blend of Ideas
Height of Renaissance in England is known as the Elizabethan Era

3. Humanism Focus on reason and logic Rebirth of Classical knowledge
No longer faith and religion
Rebirth of Classical knowledge
From ancient Greece and Rome

4. Art Shift of attention from religious to human experience
More realistic and 3-D
Perspective
Painting style
Da Vinci and Raphael
Sculpture style
Michelangelo and Donatello

5. Holidays Resurgence of pagan roots Carnival May Day Michaelmas
Twelfth Night

6. Music Instruments Bards Songs style and topics
Compare a similar modern song

7. Fashion Upper class Women’s fashion Upper class Men’s fashion
Gender roles
Lower class fashion

8. Entertainment Shock value Daring, life-threatening Pagan (taboo)
Jousting
Falconry
Palmistry and Magicians
Dancing

9. Literature Vernacular language gets improved and formalized
Shakespeare
Printing press
Language style
Marlowe and Spenser

10. Social Order Nationalism accompanies a rise in monarchal power
No more feudalism
Government (Florence)
Government (England)
Social Class
Machiavelli