Lauren's Western Civ blog

Today in western civ we came and in and voted on weather or not we wanted to have a test tomorrow We all voted to not have a test but Amon because he wanted to have a test. Then I was trying to persuade Mr. Schick into letting us do book work and answer questions for some points. He let us do a section in the book for 10 more points it was on page 477 and we answered question 1, 3, 4, 5. Some of the answers to the questions were Renaissance means rebirth Study of classical texts led to humanism Secular means worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with here and now Patrons of the arts by financially supporting arts Perspective which shows 3 detentions on a flat surface vernacular native language instead of latin Man: All educated people were expected to make art; should be charming, witty, and well educated Women: upper class women should know classics and be charming; not expected to seek fame; few women exercised power overseas trade spurred by the crusades had led to...

Today in Western civ we came in a took more notes on a new powerpoint called Luther and the Reformation. Since I couldn't see the board very well I moved up closer to the board. Then we started taking notes. SOCIALLY: the Renaissance emphasis on the secular (worldly) and the individual challenged Church authority The printing press helped spread these ideas POLITICALLY: Some rulers (especially the Germans) began to challenge the Church’s political power ECONOMICALLY: northern merchants resented paying church taxes to Rome Corrupt leadership Renaissance-era popes spent extravagantly on personal pleasure Pope Alexander VI admitted that he fathered several children Many priests and monks were poorly educated How can you teach if you can barely read? Some priests got married and had children Some priests drank to excess, many gambled The selling of indulgences (pardons) “releases a sinner from performing the penalty a priest imposed for sins” Joh...

Today in western civ we came in and we were looking at the calendar and noticed we were going to have a test next Friday on Renaissance and Reformation. Today in class we took new notes on a new powerpoint. Italy birthplace of the Renaissance Renaissance means rebirth City states: center action Malian and Florence had wealthy merchants and bankers Inspire by the former splendor of Rome and Greece Merchants dominated politics Medici were a powerful banking family  Paid artists, writers, and musicians to create beautiful works of art They were called patrons Isabella D' Este wealthy sponsored painters sculptors, musicians, writers, architects patron of da Vino Raphael, Michleango, Bellini, Correggio Humanism Deep interest in what people have already achieved as well as what they were capable of achieving in the future Not coincidence that humanism: resembles the Greek idea of Arte writing were important worldly secular values were essential Ultimate renaissance m...

Today in western civ we sadly took another test. It had 35 multiply choice questions on it and a few matching answers. It was all about the powerpoint and the readings that we had just gone over in class the last couple of days. Once we were done the test we had to read out of the textbook on pages 471-479 and 488-494 and take notes. The sections in the book that we had to read were called Birthplace of the Renaissance and Luther Leads the Reformation. We also learned that the last test of the year was going to be on the pages in the book that we read. Sadly once again we have another test. Then class was we left for the day. We also have this class tomorrow so whatever we didn't finish reading we were going to do that the next day.

Today in western civ we cam in and we told what the outcome of the class was. For the first couple of minutes we worked on whatever we wanted while Jacob took a test. Once he was done we took notes on a new powerpoint. Once we were done that we reviewed for the test we were having on Thursday. The Crusades Age of faith holy Roman Empire is the strongest known kingdom in Europe church has considerable spiritual and political power 500 massive Gothic cathedrals are built throughout Europe in 1170-1270 Jerusalem  Late in the 11th century it was controlled by muslims Islam 3rd holiest city holy city of Jews, holy city to Christians  Places Dome of Rock Islam Church of the Holy Sepulcher Christians Western wall Judaism Emperor Alexis Communes wrote a letter to Pope Urban II Pope Urban II put out the call for Christians to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslims Turks Began 200 years of religious sanctioned military campaigns from 1095-1291 Crusade mean...

Today in wester civ we came in and took more notes on the powerpoint. Clovis rules the France - Clovis rules the Germanic people of Gaul, known as the Franks ( where France comes from) - In 496 he has a battlefield conversion- he and 3000 of his warriors become christians - The church in Rome like this - By 511 the Franks are united into one kingdom, with Clovis and the church are partners spread of Christianity - Church + Franks = rise of Christanity - In 520, Benedict write rules for monks:     - vows of poverty ( live simply)     - chastity ( no marital relations)     - obedience ( listen to church superiors) - His sister scholastic writes similar rules for nuns - They operate schools maintain libraries, and copy books Pope Gregory 1 and Papal Power Play - Pope Gregory 1 ( Gregory the great) goes secular ( wordly power) - Church revenues are used to help the poor, build roads , and raise armies. - This is theocracy - Gregory spiritual ...