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Changing Cultural Traditions

CBSE · Class 11 · History

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Topics in Changing Cultural Traditions

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1. Rise of Urban Culture and Italian City-States

  • From the fourteenth to the end of the seventeenth century, many European towns grew in population, wealth and influence.
  • A distinct urban culture developed, and townspeople often saw themselves as more civilised than rural people.
  • Florence, Venice and Rome became important centres of art and learning.
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2. Humanism and the Study of Classical Texts

  • Humanism was characterised by the belief that man as an individual was capable of making his own decisions and developing his skills.
  • The word humanitas, meaning culture, had been used centuries earlier by Cicero.
  • By the early fifteenth century, the term humanist referred to masters who taught grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history and moral philosophy.
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3. Science, Art and the New View of Nature

  • Artists, architects and scientists helped spread humanist ideas.
  • Donatello broke new ground with lifelike statues in 1416.
  • Brunelleschi designed the Duomo in Florence in 1436.
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4. New Ideas about Human Nature and the Role of Women

  • Humanism encouraged confidence in human abilities and a new sense of individuality.
  • Lorenzo Valla criticised the Christian injunction against pleasure in On Pleasure.
  • Niccolo Machiavelli wrote about human nature in the fifteenth chapter of The Prince.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Cultural change in Europe from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century

Urban growthHumanismRevival of Italian citiesArabs and knowledge transmissionArt and realismPrinting technologyNew concept of human beingsWomen and humanism

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