HIS243H1 : notes on relevant Zophy chapters

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Theme 1: conditions of life in early modern europe. Chapter 1: the best and worst of times. Between 1300 and 1700, europe experienced great artistic achievements in the areas of literature, art, music, philosophy, politics, science and theology. Term renaissance coined by art historian giorgio vasari to celebrate cultural achievements going on around him, that left a legacy for us. Refers to revived interest in classical judeo-christian sources: means rebirth . Return to ancient language and literature as a means of individual and societal improvement. Renaissance artists work represented classical and humanist models of the time. Scientific developments of copernicus and galileo challenged old ideas: machiavelli and guicciardini revolutionized political thought. Renaissance was also a period of warfare, famine, epidemics, peasant and artisan revolts, poverty, ignorance, intolerance and economic depression. Relatively few people who consumed the dazzling higher culture of the period were supported by the drudgery of the masses.