[HIS 100] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (24 pages long!)

• School: University of Hartford
• Department: History - A&S
• Course: HIS 100
• Professor: Professor Rosenthal

Document Summary

Between 1300s and 1500s the renaissance constituted a fundamental change in life. Before this change, life on earth was practice for eternal life, with death being something that was celebrated: original sin- humans are inherently flawed and evil. Developed desire for spics and silk from the middle east which brings trade and prosperity: materialism makes life on earth more promising o. Florence and genoa take the lead on this new trade. Renaissance humanism- focus begins to shift from heaven to earth: with trade come ideas derived from greek thought and philosophy. Red cloth of florence became a status symbol that the noble and wealthy donned. Black plague hits europe wiping out 35% of the population: plague mitigates the effects of bankruptcy. Ex: all but one family member die leaving that one individual with all the family"s money to invest. As constantinople is about to fall the scholars leave for florence.