HIST 2200 Lecture 22: Lecture 22, nov 18th.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2200
• Professor: Susannah Ferreira

Document Summary

History week 11 lecture 1: the renaissance and humanism. Turning point in medieval europe black death. 3. 5 years it circles around europe and wipes out a lot of people (1/3-2/3: how humanism emerges from black death crisis, artistic patronage under pope nicholas v, valla"s textual analysis as a political challenge to papal authority. Objective: to explain how aspects of reformation and overseas expansion emerge from instability of late-middle ages: how humanism emerges from black death crisis. Renaissance means the rebirth of civilization along classical (ancient greek and roman) lines. Use it to define arts, literature, politics, etc . The renaissance doesn"t really correspond to a time period that is clear. Italian renaissance poets wrote in 1350s and high renaissance starts in 1480. Humanism is a way of looking at world where there is a focus on humans and human society. People in middles ages were conditioned to put spirituality first instead of life right now.