1. Renaissance
and Reformation
Europe in Transition

2. Birth of the Middle Charles the Great
Ages
Left: Charlemagne, a.k.a. Charles the Great
Above: Charlemagne’s empire

3. The Medieval World - Feudalism

4. The Medieval World - Guilds
To become a guild man,
one had to go through 3
stages: lowest was
apprentice, next was
journeyman, and top-
ranking stage was master

5. The Medieval World
The Magna Carta
In 1215 King
John of England
was forced by
vassals to sign
the Magna Carta

6. The Church of the Middle Ages - Crusades

7. Above: The land route of the Silk Road
Left: A person being tortured during the Spanish Inquisition
The Church of the Middle Ages
Effects of the Crusades

8. The Church of the Middle Ages
Black Death Hits Europe

9. The Renaissance Florence, Writing, and Painting
Above: The Sistine Chapel
Top Right: A depiction of discovering Florence, Italy during the Renaissance
Bottom Right: Mona Lisa by da Vinci

10. The Renaissance The Renaissance Spreads
Above: Gutenberg Bible
Middle Top: William
Shakespeare
Middle Bottom: Lady
Greensleves (click here
to listen to the song)
Far Right: Gutenberg and
his printing press

11. The Reformation :
Questioning Tradition
Luther wrote the 95
Theses and nailed it
to a cathedral door on
October 31, 1517

12. The Reformation:
Questioning Tradition contd. . .
Pope Leo X John Calvin

13. After the Reformation, Western Europe
would never again under one Church.
The power of the Church was
weakened and the power of local rulers
increased.
The Counter Reformation

14. Picture Citations
 Slide 2  Slide 8
 nndb.com  historyonthenet.com
 uncp.edu  novaonline.nvcc.edu
 Slide 3  themiddleages.net
 medieval-castles.org  Slide 9
 etc.usf.edu  newsblog.aboutitaly.net
 Slide 4  bc.edu
 groups.drupal.org  vaticanotours.com
 traditioninaction.org  Slide 10
 cookit.e2bn.org  shakespeare.mit.edu
 Slide 5  rossettiarchive.org
 archives.gov  jessezmuseum.wikispaces.com
 worldgallery.co.uk  hrc.utexas.edu
 Slide 6  Slide 11
 historyofjihad.org  religionfacts.com
 catholiceducation.org  the-highway.com
 medievaltymes.com  Slide 12
 western-civilisation.com  en.wikipedia.org
 Slide 7  davepohl.com
 library.thinkquest.org  Slide 13
 history.howstuffworks.com  users.humboldt.edu
 historyonthenet.com