Although there was no sudden break with the Middle Ages, the Renaissance changed many aspects of people's lives over time You may recall from Unit I that
the Middle Ages? The Renaissance is considered a Golden Age in European history Like the Black Death, the Renaissance ideas started in Italy
The pope was the head of the Catholic Church He and the bishops decided what would be taught in the churches and the priests would teach it One of the things
society was like before it arrived The time period before the Renaissance is usually called the Middle Ages, which stretched from the fall
Renaissance was developed outside Italy, in Germany and France” between Rome, the Middle Ages, and present times (Ferguson 37)
Middle Ages and the Renaissance in the attitude toward worldly pleasures? 9 WRITING ACTIVITY How did the Renaissance revolutionize European art and
The period of time before the Renaissance and after the downfall of the western Roman Empire is referred to as the Middle Ages or the Medieval Period, since
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CASE STUDY ONE
How Did the Exchange of Ideas
and Knowledge During the
Renaissance Shape the Worldviews
of the Western World? What do you think the painting at the left, Michelangelo Showing a Pupil the Belvedere Torso, is about? The painter, Gérôme, is showing an imaginary scene between the great Italian artist Michelangelo and his student. The Belvedere torso is part of an ancient Greek sculpture that was discovered in the 1400s and inspired Michelangelo to rethink how artists could portray the human body to show its fullness and its movement. It was one of those moments in history that changed the way people viewed the world. It was a key event in the development of the Renaissance. Of all the time periods in Europe's history, the Renaissance, which stretched from about 1350 CEto 1600 CE, is one of the most notable eras. From our viewpoint in the 21st century, we look back at this period that began more than 650 years ago as the time when the modern Western worldview began to develop. The word Renaissancecomes from the French word rena