Exploring the RenaissanceExploring the Renaissance

• Preparation for the Faire

The Dark Ages

• AKA: The Middle Ages or The Medieval Era• Started after the fall of Rome thus ending the

Ancient History!• Started in 476 AD and continued on until 1450 AD• Illiterate• Horrible Conditions• No major inventions & shut off from the rest of the

world• Suppression of Thought• Rather fight then talk to end a conflict• The Black Death

The Black DeathThe Black DeathAKA: The Bubonic PlagueAKA: The Bubonic Plague

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The Black DeathThe Black Death

• The Black Death or Bubonic Plague killed off ¼ of the population in Europe.

The Black Death

•Where did it come from?

•When sailors traveled to China to trade rats with flees (flees carried the plague) hopped a ride on the ships!

•What was it like to have the plague?

•A quick but very painful death… aching limbs, swollen sores or bubbles that turned black (thus the name Black Death), and getting sick – HORRIFYING to witness

•Why was it easy to spread?

•People lived very close to one another and the cities were dirty! Listen to some manners!

•Religion?

•They look forward to the afterlife that is where you get your reward!

The Renaissance

•Definition: Rebirth!

•It is the REBIRTH of culture and learning that spreads through Europe in the 14th century.

•The Beginning of modern history

•The importance of the individual and the world around us is stressed and not just the afterlife!

•Arts, science, inventions, and exploration thrive

• Gutenberg’s Printing Press

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