1. Transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance

2. Feudal Pyramid
King
Lord
Vassal
Knight
Serf or Peasant or Townspeople

3. Decline of Feudalism 1. Attacks on the Church 2. The Black Death
3. The Hundred Years War

4. The Church Weakens
Medieval Monarchs opposed the Church’s political power because:
Clergy and monasteries did not pay royal taxes. $ sent to Rome instead of Royal treasury
Church courts competed with royal courts
Church officials interfered in political matters.

5. Church Weakens Babylonian Captivity (1309 -1378) The Great Schism 1378
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Church Weakens
Babylonian Captivity ( )
The Great Schism 1378
* One Pope in Avignon, one in Rome
Demands for reform
* John Wycliff
* John Huss
Picture from John Wycliff’s Bible

6. Pieter Brueghel "the Elder" (c.1530-1569)
THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Pieter Brueghel "the Elder" (c )

7. The Black Plague
Forms: pneumonic plague; septicemic plague; bubonic plague
Spread – Silk Road through Gobi Desert
Began in Sicily in 1347, hit Russia within 6 years
Factor that led to spread = Ignorance
BLACK PLAGUE KILLED 1/3 OF THE POPULATION

8. The Black Plague
                                                                            On the Left: The second pandemic of the Black Death in Europe ( )

9. Joan of Arc
                                        

10. Hundred Years War
War between France and Great Britain
English were winning for first 90 years due to advancements in technology.
Long bow
Cannons
Mercinaries
1429 Joan of Arc led French Forces
Absolute rule instituted by Louis XI

11. Medieval Marketplace

12. Town Life
Middle Ages
- towns were small and based on agriculture; people lived in the countryside
nobles held most power; owned land and provided knights for protection
Status determined by birthright
Renaissance
towns grew society began to be based on commerce; people moved to cities
Middle class gains power; limited power of feudal lords through charters; organized banks
Status determined by wealth and ability

13. Growth of Italian City States

14. Rise of Renaissance 1. Growth of Cities
2. Rise of Merchant/Middle class
3. Rise of Humanism

15. Renaissance Definition:
Rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman art, learning and culture
FIVE THEMES
Individualism
Worldliness
Learning
Antiquity
Reform

16. Humanism Individualism: belief in the human potential Learning:
-studied Greek, Latin, astronomy, math, literature, history
Petrarch

17. ANTIQUITY- ANCIENT GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE

18. Age of Discovery
Worldliness
1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue

19. Protestant Reformation
-challenge the old order
-rise of secularism