HIS 1120 Lecture 2: Renaissance Period
19 Mar 2017
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The world map: fragmented world, europe and the world was known to be round, (ptolemy"s map 150/1482 ad) the world was largely misunderstood. Most of the modern world had not yet been explored until the 1600"s, only europe, asia and parts of africa were known to exist although a curiosity grew about the americas. Religion: mainly christian base religions with 2 popes (1 in rome, 1 in. Language: the base language was latin was written and used by clergy. Linguafranca - was used and spoken to people across europe as far as the kingdom of poland. Population: demographic change after the plague 6% of people lived in a city with more than 10 thousand inhabitants, 80-90% of the populations represents the lowest class of peasants and farmers. Politics & economic matrix: politically fragmented cities and kingdom states had long been under the leadership of the holy roman emperors, at least in name.
