The Renaissance

Peasants/Serf left manors for towns where they could find work

Nobles fought each other to gain control on industrial regions

Wealthy merchants bought castles from poor nobles

To keep all authority with the king and the church

To create well-rounded individuals and encourage everyone to achieve all they can

To stop people from having independent thoughts

a new economic structure that replaced the manor system

the practice of using wealth to build expensive city homes

an increase in the pope's power over feudal lords and vassals

a revival of interest in classical art, learning, and literature

Italy had never been under Feudalism

Italy was the crossroads between Europe and Asia where new ideas were spread

Italy was an economic center and focus of trade

all of the above

a cultural movement based on the study of classical works and individuals having a better earthly life

a movement to write literature in the native languages of a region

a view that religion didn't need to be the center of one's life

a movement in art that emphasized individual portraits

manor system of feudalism

older emphasis on individual achievement

religious emphasis of the Middle Ages

study of classical art and learning

Engineering

Banking

Art

Trading

it created more jobs in mercantile

the literacy rate went down and disabled the public access to books

more Europeans were able to speak and write the English language

more books were available causing more people to be able to read and write

New ways of thinking led to improvements in society

European armies were able to conquer much of the world

The spread of diseases came to an end

Religion was no longer important to society

Germany

Italy

Spain

France