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Renaissance

Society
By the end of today's
lesson, I will be able
to:
• Understand the role played by
different members of society
during the Renaissance (men,
women, children and
minorities).
• Compare the life of everyday
people from Medieval Europe to
Renaissance Italy.
The Family

• Family was an important


source of comfort and
support during the
Renaissance
• For many people, their
family provided guidance,
advice and connections
The Church
• Another important institution was the
parish Church and played an important
role in most people’s lives in Italy
during the Renaissance
• Significant occasions like birth,
engagement, marriage and death
were usually marked in the parish
church
• Throughout the year numerous
religious feasts and festivals were held
expressing religious devotion and
pride in the city-state
• The Pope was the head of the
Catholic Church
• He was also a powerful political
figure with his own army
• Although most people accepted
its teachings, some began to
question the abuses of power
and corruption within the
Church
Women in Renaissance Italy

• Renaissance Italy was a patriarchal society that


favoured men - women were generally believed to be
inferior to men
• However, there were exceptions - some men educated
their daughters and trusted their wives with important
tasks like managing the estate while they were away on
business
• Women generally received a limited education that
prepared them for tasks in the home
• The women of noble or merchant
families tended to be restricted to the
home, while poorer families could
not do without the work of women
• These women often worked as
servants, spinners or leather
workers
• For the wealthy, marriage was a
chance to form alliances between
two families and the match was a
family decision
Fashion
• The bride and groom could not see each other until
the ceremony
• Women were usually married between the ages of
15 and 19
• Men tended to marry in their mid-twenties or
later
• In order to marry, a woman needed to have a
dowry
• As a woman could not marry without a dowry,
wealthy individuals donated dowries to poor girls in
their city
Childhood in the
Renaissance
• Life was short in Renaissance times, with few people
living into their forties
• Working class houses usually had no more than two
rooms, a bed, table and bench, and a few utensils
• In all social classes children were regarded as little
adults and expected to dress and behave like their
elders
• But, unlike their elders, children had no rights
• In peasant families,
children were put to work
in the fields as soon as they
were old enough to be
useful
• In artisan families, children
would work alongside their
fathers from an early age,
with boys normally learning
the father’s trade through
apprenticeships from about
age fourteen
• Alternatively, upper class
boys usually attended
colleges from around age
seven to fifteen unless they
had home tutors
• Upper class girls might
attend a convent school until
they were married or
became nuns
QUESTIONS:
Examine SOURCE 1.
(a) Describe the types of social
interactions you can see in
the painting.
(b) What do you notice about
the people in the painting?
(c) Who is in the market?

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