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THE EARLY MODERN AGE HUMANISM AND THE RENAISSANCE - Coggle Diagram
THE EARLY MODERN AGE HUMANISM AND THE RENAISSANCE
The early modern age
Economic transformation
Following the economic crisis and catastrophes European societies began to experience a recovery.
This was reflected in the following:
Increased agricultural production.
Increase in the amount of land under cultivation.
The three-field system.
It consisted of dividing the area of cultivated land into three sections and rotating the crops each year.
One section was left fallow for the land to rest and recover its nutrients.
Fallow: uncultivated.
Intensified commercial activity.
Surplus in production.
Surplus: excess.
Products were sold in the city markets.
Merchants travelled establishing trade routes.
The expansion of craftmanship.
Products were made in workshops.
They were controlled by associations of craftsmen called guilds.
Guild: association organised to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members.
Products were also made in people's homes and the domestic system was created.
Due to the exploration of new lands, new products were brought to Europe.
The development of mercantile capitalism:
It is an economic system in which capital belonged to private owners.
Capital: money, raw materials, tools, workshops.
The early modern age
Economic growth resulted in the development of banking.
Social change
It began with the Fall of Constantinople (1453) and ended with the French Revolution (1789).
The modern state
Europe at the end of the 15th century
Cultural changes
Humanist phlilosophy
Scientific advances and the spread of new ideas
The Italian renaissance
The phases of the renaissance
Architecture
Painting and sculpture
The European renaissance
French architecture
German painting
Flemish painting
