HIS 1120 Lecture : HIS1120 - 01.docx
5 Oct 2014
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1: essential features of the renaissance, what, when, why, trajectory of the renaissance, features of the renaissance, humanism, arts, painting, sculptures, science, religion, case study: leonardo da vinci, conclusion: implications of the renaissance. Introduction: monarch"s spend time trying to expand their empire, through marriage to other monarchs, colonialism, conquest, europe was largely christian, either catholic or easter orthodox, the ottoman empire had some muslims, there were pockets of judaism, predominant language was latin, language of the church, most people spoke dialects of latin which would become modern languages, ex. European culture: ptolemy had created a map of what was believed to be the world, consisted of europe, north africa, middle east and west asia, already an understanding that the earth was round, population of europe, 1300 80 million, 1500 70 million (bubonic plague, colonialism, 1600 90 million, modern times 740 million, territorial population.
