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Unit 1.1: A Changing European Worldview

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The Big Picture

The Middle Ages in Europe had been a time of uncertainty, in which rival lords competed for power against one another, foreign armies periodically invaded and raided, and the sole unifying force was the Catholic Church. It wasn't such a great time to be around, but such is life. So people struggled to survive in the face of complete chaos. By the 14th century, however, there were signs that things were improving (except for the brief but terrible onset of the Black Plague). 

Beginning in the city-state of Florence, on the Italian peninsula, a new intellectual movement began. It became known as humanism, and it would eventually change the way Europeans viewed themselves and the world around them. They would rediscover the writings of classical Greece and Rome, discover new ways to represent reality through painting and sculpture, and reinvent man's meaning for existence.
A new emphasis on learning and inquiry would flourish during this Renaissance and would continue to grow, despite periodic efforts by the Catholic Church to stifle it. The invention of the printing press allowed for cheaper and easier publication of books, pamphlets, and (probably most importantly) the Bible. During the 16th century, science would increasingly challenge the Church and long-held beliefs about the way the universe worked. Spurred on by scientists such as Galileo and Newton, this Scientific Revolution would reshape the way people viewed knowledge. Now empirical proof and experimentation would begin to supplant faith in knowledge passed down from the ancients.

This, then, is the story of a sea change in the European worldview. It represents a time when knowledge was seen as the gateway to a better understanding of the world and a happier existence in that world. It is the story of men and women who challenged every bit of knowledge they were handed by others and sought to find truth in the existence of humanity and the functioning of the universe.

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The Renaissance
Renaissance Humanism
Secular Humanism
Civic Humanism
The Printing Press
Renaissance Art
Michelangelo
Renaissance Naturalism
Renaissance in Perspective
Mannerism

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Unit 1.1 Study Guide
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AP European History Overview
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Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: The Renaissance

  • Read curriculum outline overview of unit 1.1
  • Watch this overview of unit 1.1
  • Answer study guide question #1 using:
    • Spielvogel 323-324, 333, 336-340
    • What Was the Renaissance?
    • The Renaissance: Was It a Thing? 
  • Key terms #1-2
  • Additional term #1
  • MindTap activities for assignment #1

Assignment 2: Renaissance Humanism

  • Answer study guide questions 2-3 using:
    • Spielvogel 344-350
    • What Was Humanism?
    • What Was the Printing Press?
    • How a Gutenberg Printing Press Works
  • Key terms #3-5, 7, 9-10
  • Additional terms #2-4
  • MindTap activities for assignment #2

Assignment 3: Civic and Secular Humanism

  • Answer study guide question 4 using:
    • Spielvogel 344-350 
    • What Was Secular Humanism?
    • What Was Civic Humanism?
  • Key terms #6, 8
  • Additional terms #5-9

Assignment 4: Renaissance Art and Architecture

  • Answer study guide questions 5-7 using:
    • Spielvogel 350-356
    • What Was Renaissance Art?
    • Who Was Michelangelo?
    • The Many Meanings of Michelangelo's David
    • Jan van Eyck and Renaissance Naturalism
  • Key term 11
  • Additional terms 10-18
  • MindTap activity for assignment #4

​Assignment 5: Mannerist and Baroque Art

  • Answer study guide question 8 using:
    • Spielvogel 468-473
    • What Was Mannerist Art?
    • An Overview of Baroque Art
  • Key terms 12-13
  • Additional terms 19-22
  • MindTap activities for assignment #5

​Assignment 6: Astronomical Science

  • Answer study guide questions 9-10 using:
    • Spielvogel 477-488
    • Copernicus and Galileo: A Scientific Revolution
    • Tycho Brahe: The Scandalous Astronomer
    • Newton's Laws
  • Key terms 14-17
  • MindTap activities for assignment #6

​Assignment 7: Anatomical and Medical Science

  • Answer study guide question 11 using:
    • Spielvogel 488-490
  • Key terms 18-19
  • Additional terms 23-24
  • MindTap activities for assignment #7

Assignment 8: The Scientific Method and Superstition

  • Answer study guide questions 12-15 using:
    • Spielvogel 493-498
    • Philosophy: Rene Descartes
    • Deductive and Inductive Reasoning
  • Key terms 20-24
  • Additional term 25
  • MindTap activities for assignment #8

​Assignment 9: Studying for the test

  • Review notes and study guide
  • The Renaissance in Perspective
  • Practice for the test using the following:
    • Chapter 12 multiple choice questions 1-3, 7-10
    • Chapter 12 short answer question 1
    • Chapter 16 multiple choice questions 1-10
    • Chapter 16 short answer questions 1-2

Primary Sources

  • Machiavelli, The Prince
  • Erasmus, Education of a Christian Prince
  • Petrarch, The Ascent of Mount Ventoux
  • Lorenzo Valla, The Donation of Constantine
  • Baldassarre Castiglione, The Courtier
  • Giorgio Vasari, Lives of the Artists
  • Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
  • Letters between Kepler and Galileo
  • Galileo Galilei, The Starry Messenger
  • Galileo Galilei, Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
  • Robert Ballarmine, Letter to Paolo Foscarini
  • Isaac Newton, Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy
  • Renee Descartes, Discourse on Method

Paul Sargent Makes History

  • Home
  • My YouTube Channel
  • AP European History
    • Historical Reasoning Skills
    • Thematic Learning Objectives >
      • Interaction of Europe and the World
      • Poverty and Prosperity
      • Objective Knowledge and Subjective Visions
      • States and Other Institutions of Power
      • Individual and Society
      • National and European Identity
    • Concept Outline
    • Period 1: 1450-1648
    • Period 2: 1648-1815
    • Period 3: 1815-1914
    • Period 4: 1914-Present
    • Exam Review Resources
  • AP Government
    • Concept Outline
    • Constitutional Underpinnings
    • Political Beliefs and Behaviors
    • Linkage Institutions
    • Institutions of Government
    • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    • Exam Review
  • Government and Economics
    • Foundations of Government
    • The Constitution
    • Executive Branch
    • The Judicial Branch
    • Voting and Elections
  • My Blog