Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Architecture: Architecture:
Rounded arches, clear lines; Greco- Gothic style
Roman columns Pointed arches; barrel vaults, spires
Domes (e.g. Il Duomo by Brunelleschi) Flying buttresses
Less detailed Elaborate detail
Focus on balance and form
Technology: Technology:
Use of printing press Depended on scribes
New inventions for exploration
Marriage and Family: Marriage and Family:
Divorce available in certain cases Divorce nonexistent
More prostitution Marriages arranged for economic
Marriages based more on romance. reasons.
Woman was to make herself pleasing to Prostitution in urban areas
the man (Castiglione) Ave. age for men: mid-late twenties
Sexual double standard Avg. age for women: less than 20 years
Increased infanticide old.
Church encouraged cult of paternal
care.
Many couples did not observe church
regulations on marriage.
Manners shaped men to please women.
Relative sexual equality
Status of Women: Status of Women:
Legal status of women declined. Legal status better than in Renaissance
Most women not affected by
Renaissance
Educated women allowed involvement
but subservient to men.
Rape not considered serious crime.
Politics: Politics:
State is supreme over the church. Church is supreme over the state.
New Monarchs assert control over
national churches.
Machiavelli
African slavery introduced. Few blacks lived in Europe.
Exploration and expansion. Crusades