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Where did the Renaissance begin?
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Renaissance Gillespie

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Humanism the belief in the self-worth of each individual
Where did the Renaissance begin? Italian city-states (Genoa, Florence, Venice, etc.)
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? *served as trading/distribution centers of goods coming from the Middle East to Europe *independent city-states that were governed as republics
What does the term Renaissance refer to? Rebirth of Roman and Greek culture
usury charging interest on money loaned
How did the economy change during the Renaissance? increased trade led to banking (including usury and letters of credit), money-based economy, mercantile practices,
Classicism return to the ideals of Greek and Roman intellectual thought--apparent in art, literature, architecture
Flanders modern-day Belgium, home of the Northern Renaissance; important trading center
How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance? Northern humanists blended the ideas of humanism with Catholicism leading to a new way of looking at religion
What was the impact of the invention of the movable type printing press? allowed for ideas to be spread more quickly and cheaper (more efficient); increased the access to literature and the Bible to the masses
Dissemination spreading
Secular worldly--non-religious
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