Rachel's Western Civ Blog

Reading Guide:  1. Population beginning to grow, the Hundred Years War ended, Urban merchants became wealthy enough to give patronages to artists, England and France had strong leaders, Humanist ideas spread to north after scholars, students and merchants visited Italy.  2. More books could be printed at once and they were more affordable.  3. He was a famous Northern Renaissance artist who often used woodcutting along with Italian Renaissance techniques. He also portrayed many religious subjects.  4. He was a Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting.  5. He was a painter that captured scenes of life such as large crowds of peasants.  6. He was a Dutch humanist and theologian.  7. He was an English humanist that wrote Utopia.  8. He was an English poet and play writer and was considered to be one of the greatest writers of the English language.  Assessment:...

Reading Guide:  1. Humanists influenced artists to continue classical traditions and made studies similar to classical education popular. 2. The spirit of society was secular. Church leaders and the wealthy believed that they could enjoy life without offending God. 3. They spent money to help artists and architects create works. 4. They painted portraits of prominent citizens and glorified the human body in natural postures. 5. They wrote in vernacular and for either self expression or to portray their individual subjects. 6. Petrarch wrote sonnets about Laura, the ideal woman, Boccaccio write about the follies of his characters and Machiavelli wrote about the imperfect conduct of humans in the prince. Renaissance - the rebirth of art and learning that began in northern Italy humanism - an outlook focusing on human potential and achievements secular - worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with here and now patron - people who financially support the arts per...

1. A pandemic is a disease that is prevalent over a whole country or all over the world. An epidemic is a widespread of an infectious disease in a community at a certain time.  2. The disease I chose was leprosy. Leprosy is a slow developing bacterial disease that causes sores and deformities. It was believed to be a punishment from God that rain in families.  3. The earliest reference to leprosy was in India in about 600 B.C.  4. Some symptoms of leprosy are lighter skin than usual; patches of skin that feel pain and heat; muscle weakness; numbness in the hands, feet, legs and arms and eye problems. It spreads through nasal secretions.  5. Europe was hit the hardest my the pandemic.  6. The mortality rate of leprosy is 2.5 deaths/1,000 population.  The below map shows the different recent cases of leprosy in the world.