rovide comprehensive answers for each of the following questions.  Each answer must be AT LEAST one page long (double-spaced, standard margins, font 12, not including the question) and no longer than three pages. Your answers must be based on the PowerPoint lectures, the textbook and/or the video-documentary assignments. Use of any external sources is not allowed and will lead to a zero on the question even if the sources are paraphrased or cited.  Transcribing long segments from the lectures, textbook and/or documentary will lead to a zero on the question even if the sources are cited. Any plagiarized material will lead to a zero on the whole assignment.  Answer each question separately. I want you to express your understanding of the issues with your own thoughts and words.  Each question is worth 7 points. The assignment can be uploaded at any time on Turnitin before Friday, January 21 at 9:00 PM. No late assignments will be accepted.

 

 1. Select 2 paintings and 2 buildings from the lectures on Renaissance Painting and Architecture and explain how they fit the definition of Humanist and Renaissance artistic values. Point out specific elements that define the work as belonging to the Renaissance.

 

2. What was the role of Henry the Navigator in the process of discovery and exploration of new lands?  What was the role of the kingdom of Castile (Spain) in the process of exploration? How was Spains role different to that of Portugal?

 

3. What gave people like Corts and Pizarro an edge against the natives of Mexico and Per? What was the effect of infectious diseases upon the conquest of the Americas? Why did these diseases affect Native Americans differently from Europeans?

 

4. What is Michael Roberts basic premise about the Military Revolution?

How did Geoffrey Parkers theory of a Military Revolution differ from that of Roberts? Did a military revolution actually happen in the Early Modern period? Explain.

 

5. What is Brunos view of the universe? What is new about his concept of the cosmos? What are some of the philosophical, religious and historical implications of such view? Why was Giordano Bruno persecuted by the Catholic Church (and by the Protestant Christians)? 


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