Italian Rennaissance and Reformation Era Study Notes

Rennaissance and Reformation Section 1-The Italian Rennaissance - Italy was not a unified country until the 1860's. At the beginning of the Renaissance, it consisted of about 250 separate states, most of which were ruled by a city. Some cities had only 5,000 to 10,000 people. - Others were among the largest cities in Europe. For example, Florence, Milan, and Venice had at least 100,000 people each in the early 1300's. - At the dawn of the Renaissance, much …

…By the late 1500's, the Reformation had divided Western Europe into Protestant and Roman Catholic lands. - Catholicism was reduced primarily to the Mediterranean countries, as well as to Hungary, Poland, and small areas within the Holy Roman Empire. But while the church lost much ground in Europe to Protestantism, it achieved enormous success in other parts of the world. Beginning in the 1500's, Catholic missionaries converted many people in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.