Chapter 5 Section 1

Towns remained in close contact with the ____ empire, where scholars preserved the learning of Ancient Greece

Byzantine

People who lived in Italy believed that they had witnessed a rebirth of the ancient ____ and _____ worlds/art

Greek and Roman

____ was an intellectual movement that focused on secular, or worldly, themes rather than religious ideas that concerned medieval thinkers

Humanism

___ accepted classical beliefs and wanted to use them to renew their own society

Humanists

Italy avoided the economic crisis of the ___

Middle Ages

Did ALL of Italy have the three characteristics?

No.

What does Renaissance mean?

Rebirth

Churches, wealthy homes, and public buildings were decorated with art that celebrated ____ themes

Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance included two important elements during the period (Humanism and _____ Arts)

Renaissance

Renaissance Italy was a large ___, society

Urban

Recovery went hand in hand with a rebirth of interest in ___ culture

ancient

The Renaissance began in the ___-states of Italy

city

Italians were attatched to ____ traditions

classical

Another belief was the idea of human ____ (that people should develop their talents through many activities: politics, sports and the arts)

improvement

Among these important beliefs was _____, an emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual person.

individualism

New view of human beings emerged as people in the Italian Renaissance began to emphasize ______

individuality

Wealthy people weren't the only people the Renaissance affected. Indirectly, the Italian Renaissance had an impact on ____ people

ordinary

The Renaissance was an age of ____ from the disasters of the fourteenth century (i.e. the plague, political instability, and a decline of Church power)

recovery

As Middle Ages progressed, powerful city-___ became centers of Italian political, economic, and social life

state

The wealthy ___-class more actively embraced the new ideas/art

upper`

In cities, intellectual and artistic achievement of the period were highly ____ and hard to ____.

visible/ignore.

Italian towns had good trade because of their location on the ___

water

When powerful city-states became centers of Italian political, economic, and social life, a secular/worldly point emerged as increasing ____ created new possiblitites for enjoyment of material things

wealth