2º A BILINGÜE: CLASE DEL 19 DE MAYO DE 2020

Good morning everybody!

Yesterday, we dedicate all the class to study Early Modern Age's society. Today, we are going to focus on pages 170 and 171 of your textbook, where you can find everything about daily life in Renaissance cities. 

2. DAILY LIFE IN RENAISSANCE CITIES

First of all, we are going to listen and copy the vocabulary in our notebook: 

PAPAL STATES: territory under the political authority of the pope. (Estados papales o Estados Pontificios, siendo los territorios que estuvieron controlados y dirigidos por el papa entre el siglo VIII y XIX, ya que en 1870 tuvo lugar la unificación de Italia). LISTENING.

EMBROIDERED: decorated by sewing designs with thread. (Bordado). 

CANOPY: cover which was placed above an altar, a throne, a bed, etc. (Dosel). 

LECTERN: stand with a flat, sloping surface to hold a book or papers to allow one to read more comfortably. (Atril). LISTENING. 

Although during the 15th and 16th centuries most of the population still lived in rural settlements, there was considerable urban development. It was especially notable in Italy, where we can remark Florence, Genoa, Venice or Rome (which was, also, the capital of the Papal States). 

Renaissance cities were very similar to those that we have studied in the unit of the Middle Ages: narrow streets, full of people and rubish everywhere. However, there were some places that tried to make them more attractive by making new squares and streets. 

Most of people lived in modest houses. The workshop and shop were on the ground floor and the family home was on the upper florr. Wealthy families, such as the Medici in Florence (you can see a photo of them below), had luxurious palaces and houses built for them, such as the Medici Riccardi Palace. 

Now, I am going to leave you a webpage where you can find the most famous places in Florence. You must choose one of them and elaborate a brief description of it: WEBPAGE