Homework Page 447 #1-8

1. Whose writings did the scholars of western europe study during the Renaissance?
These from the ancient greeks and Romans.

2. Why were the Renaissance scholars called humanists?
Because they believed in the important's of the people.

3. What did the Rulers of the italian city-states do to encourage learning and development of art?
They spent money and encouraged scholars, poets, and philosophers, and set up palace schools.

4. Why did the people of florence turn to Savonarola in 1494?

They thought, that the government would stop spending food and houses and so money.

5. How was France introduced to the Renaissance?

trough the invasion of italy

6. What did Germany, Flanders, Spain, and England contribute to the Renaissance?

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7. Of what did El Escorial become a well known symbol?

He became a symbol for power and religious devotion by Spanish rulers.

8. How did the Wars of the Roses get their name?

It came from the two fighting families which had as symbol a white and a red rose.