AP European History - Cause and Effect
Era, Event, Date Cause Effect
Renaissance
Italian (1350-1527)
Northern (1450-1648)
● Black Plague
○ Causes people to distrust the church
■ Start to study original classical
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AP European History - Cause and Effect
Era, Event, Date Cause Effect
Renaissance
Italian (1350-1527)
Northern (1450-1648)
● Black Plague
○ Causes people to distrust the church
■ Start to study original classical
texts
● Mediterranean trade
○ Italian Merchants
■ Individualism
■ Humanism
■ Want to feel proud of their
accomplishments
● New interest in discovering old texts
● Crusades brought new trade routes that led each
country to be more in contact with each other
● Church lost power:
○ Bribery for positions
○ Non biblical practices such as indulgences
■ Led people to distrust the church
● The church’s power decreases
● New art movements:
○ Perspective
○ Facial structure, unique features
● Scientific rev starts:
○ Studying classical texts makes people
realized how great the greeks/romans
were
○ Wants to continue developing science
○ humanism
● Protestant religions form
○ People study ancient texts in Northern
Renaissance relating to religion
○ Starts Protestant rev
Protestant Reformation
(1517-1648)
● Northern Renaissance people study classical
texts
○ Realize that the church is corrupt
● Martin Luther sees Johannes Tetzel selling
indulgences and posts his 95 theses on the
Wittenberg Church
● People basically want to reform the church after
reading doctrine
○ Calvinism
● Henry VIII wants to divorce Catherine of Aragon
○ Creates Anglicanism
● Printing Press(1440) is invented to spread
reformed ideas
● Increased literacy rates
● Peace of Westphalia:
○ German princes can chose the religion of
their state (Catholicism, Lutheranism,
Calvinism)
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