How did Merchants influence the Renaissance?

How did Merchants influence the Renaissance?

Merchants also contributed to the Renaissance by making basic education more widespread, especially in math and accounting. The growth of the merchant class meant that a lot more people needed to learn, read, count, and do basic math, so they could keep track of their sales.

What did merchant families do during the Renaissance?

They were wholesalers, bankers, distributers, and manufacturers. Many became enormously wealthy, built palaces, funded popes and princes, and dominated political life in city. The social influence of this merchant class was very important.

How did wealthy families influence the Renaissance in Italy?

They had a major influence on the growth of the Italian Renaissance through their patronage of the arts and humanism. The Medici family were wool merchants and bankers. Both businesses were very profitable and the family became extremely wealthy. The Medici family ruled Florence for the next 200 years until 1737.

How did wealthy Italian merchant contribute to the Renaissance?

The Italian cities acted as the main hubs for international trade in commodities such as wool, cloth, silk, spices, silver and armour. The merchants wanted to show off their wealth and furnished their homes with the most modern art, furniture and books, created either by local artisans or from further afield.

What effects did trade have on Italy?

Revitalizing Trade Routes

• A rise in population―the population doubled in this period (the demographic explosion)
• An emergence of huge cities (Venice, Florence, and Milan had over 100,000 inhabitants by the 13th century, and many others, such as Genoa, Bologna, and Verona, had over 50,000)

What did merchant families that ruled Italian city states established?

By supporting art, wealthy merchant families created an environment that also promoted cultural achievements. Which best describes how Italy’s location on the Mediterranean Sea contributed to the flourishing of the Renaissance?

What did merchant families that ruled Italian cities established?

By supporting city-states, wealthy merchant families created an environment that also promoted cultural achievements. By supporting Italy, wealthy merchant families created an environment that also promoted national achievements.

What power did merchants have?

Merchants generally formed guilds to control and regulate local trade and negotiate with authorities. As cities are natural market centers and trade-posts, these guilds could give much power to a city or town. Many cities had local independence or were independent states.

What did merchant families that ruled Italian city-states established?

How was Italian society affected by the Renaissance?

The Italian city-states had a strategic position in the center of the Mediterranean, so they benefited from the increasing trade and accumulated a significant economic wealth. This led to the development of a growing middle class of merchants and artisans.

How did families function in Renaissance Italy?

During the Renaissance the family had a defined nuclear structure: father was the head of the household. the mother was the temporary caretaker. the children fell under their parents’ rule.

What did merchants trade in the Renaissance?

Merchant trade in commodities that the bank sponsored include wool, silk, and most notably alum. Alum was very important to the Medic because it was needed in the textile industry and the Medici had a near monopoly on its trade. Venice was another great international trade power during the Renaissance.

How did the merchant class contribute to the Renaissance?

By the time of the Renaissance, which started around the middle of the 15th century, the merchant class in Europe was well established and some of them were very rich. That money paid for the artistic and cultural achievements of the Renaissance. Remember how a lot of the merchants during the crusades came from Northern Italy?

What did the Medici family do for Florence?

The Medici family is one example of a powerful merchant family who provided financial support for the incredible artistic and cultural growth of Florence during the Renaissance period, mostly by supporting painters, sculptors, architects and weavers. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member. Are you a student or a teacher?

Why was the center of Renaissance art and culture in Florence?

That’s exactly where the center of Renaissance art and culture was and it wasn’t an accident. Members of the merchant class used their newfound wealth to patronize the arts and culture of the Renaissance, supporting many of the famous artists we still admire today. One famous example is the Medici family.

What led to the rise of merchants in the Middle Ages?

The increased demand for their services drew a lot more people into becoming merchants. Many of these new merchants came from northern Italy. Keep that in the back of your mind because it’s going to be important later. And the new merchants didn’t just go home when the wars stopped.