Ap Euro Chapter 17 Outline

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Chapter 17 The Transformation of the West I. Introduction A. 1450-1750 dramatic changes 1. Still agricultural 2. Commercially active 3. Manufacturing base 4. Science at center of society 5. Shifting ideas of family/nature 6. Increased bureaucratization – sound familiar? B. Reasons for change 1. Dominance of international trade 2. Overseas expansion 3. Combination of commerce, state, culture, and technology 4. 1450-1650 – series of cultural shifts 5. 1650-1750 – Scientific Revolution > Enlightenment II. The First Big Changes: Culture and Commerce A. The Italian Renaissance 1. Artistic movement 2. Challenged medieval values/styles a. Examine old truths 3. Why in Italy? a. Urban, commercial…show more content…
Other effects a. Improved banking techniques b. Merchants became more profit-seeking c. Political rule based on ability to improve well-being/city’s glory d. Professional armies/improved tech. – conflict among city-states e. Diplomacy – exchange of ambassadors B. The Renaissance Moves Northward 1. Fall of Italian power a. French/Spanish invasions b. Atlantic trade routes reduced Mediterranean importance 2. Spread to North – France, Germany, England a. Classical art/architecture b. Greek/Latin literature c. Humanists wrote in vernacular – own language d. Writers more popular culture – low-brow – Shakespeare 1. bodily functions 2. human passions 3. Set new classics 3. Political Change > toward greater state power a. Revenue increase > greater ceremony/pomp aka blowing $ b. Kings – Francis I – patrons of arts/architecture c. State-sponsored trading companies d. Military conquest e. Feudal/religious justifications not as important as state 4. Renaissance effects a. Kings still restricted by power of local lords b. Peasants not touched by Renaissance values c. Economics same d. Men more bravado – women more
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