Key Questions
1. The greastest benefit Venice's rise brought it was
a) Social transformation: Scientific and literary developments, Artistic Achivements & Having a cosmopolitan society
b) Territorial expansion
c) Economic growth
Explain how each of the above benefitted Venice. Which did Venice benefit the most from? Explain your answer.
2. Which aspect of Venice's change as it rose had the greatest impact on Venice?
Social transformation
a) Scientific and literary developments 1. Venice benefitted from being exposed to ideas from other parts of the world.
2. More people gained a formal education in subjects like physics, law, medicine. Venice became a centre of learning and its people gained in becoming more educated.
3. There was a rich exchange of ideas between Venetians and Venetian academia with overseas universities. This cross-fertilisation of ideas caused better ideas to germinate.
4. New areas of study as created such as astronomy and astrology were created due to the pursuit of scientific knowledge in new areas.
5. Government provided funding for Venetian universities to attract distinguished professors. The standard of university education was raised.
6. More foriegn students came to study in Venice, creating a cross pollination of ideas and made Venice a good place to learn new ideas and for the generation of new knowledge.
b) Artistic Achivements
1. Venice was considered a centre for arts in Europe. Many artists and artisans produced great places of work that adorned the public buildings aroud the city. Venice became a more beautiful city and its artists could make a good living. People could find employment as artists.
2. Venice benefitted from tourism and rich nobles from around Europe travelled to Venice to enjoy the arts in Venice.
c) Having a cosmopolitain society
The success of its Maritime trade brought Venice
Ease of conduting commercial activities
Many traders decided to settle down in Venice
Could attract foreign talent but it face d labour shoratges in manual occupations
Plague made labour shortage worse as it killed 3/5ths of the population
Government decided to promote migration into Venice
M erchants from other parts of Europe were offered special incentives such as housing and citizenship to live in Venice.
Objective was to ensure that the city state would have enough people for its commericial activities
2. Territirial possessions
Venice had terrotorial possessions that benefited its trade - ports along its trade routes so that at these friendly ports the Venetian ships could be resupplied and its crew could rest without incurring more cost since they owned the port.
Venice also managed to suppess piracy and the land it won in defeating the Byzantine Empire in the Mediterenean region gave it even more power.
3.
Venetian trade expanded and this caused Venice to look towards dveeloping its own industries to prduce goods that other nations wanted and that were of high quality. Items that Venice produced well were glass, soap, dyes and bricks.
In these industries the pay was high and much of these goods were sold overseas and made these companies a lot of money.
Guilds were created for these industries with the aim of ensuring goods were of a high quality and were fit for export. Venice's high quality of goods led to increased trade and this meant higher incomes for both the merchants and those working in these industries.
1. The greastest benefit Venice's rise brought it was
a) Social transformation: Scientific and literary developments, Artistic Achivements & Having a cosmopolitan society
b) Territorial expansion
c) Economic growth
Explain how each of the above benefitted Venice. Which did Venice benefit the most from? Explain your answer.
2. Which aspect of Venice's change as it rose had the greatest impact on Venice?
Social transformation
a) Scientific and literary developments 1. Venice benefitted from being exposed to ideas from other parts of the world.
2. More people gained a formal education in subjects like physics, law, medicine. Venice became a centre of learning and its people gained in becoming more educated.
3. There was a rich exchange of ideas between Venetians and Venetian academia with overseas universities. This cross-fertilisation of ideas caused better ideas to germinate.
4. New areas of study as created such as astronomy and astrology were created due to the pursuit of scientific knowledge in new areas.
5. Government provided funding for Venetian universities to attract distinguished professors. The standard of university education was raised.
6. More foriegn students came to study in Venice, creating a cross pollination of ideas and made Venice a good place to learn new ideas and for the generation of new knowledge.
b) Artistic Achivements
1. Venice was considered a centre for arts in Europe. Many artists and artisans produced great places of work that adorned the public buildings aroud the city. Venice became a more beautiful city and its artists could make a good living. People could find employment as artists.
2. Venice benefitted from tourism and rich nobles from around Europe travelled to Venice to enjoy the arts in Venice.
c) Having a cosmopolitain society
The success of its Maritime trade brought Venice
Ease of conduting commercial activities
Many traders decided to settle down in Venice
Could attract foreign talent but it face d labour shoratges in manual occupations
Plague made labour shortage worse as it killed 3/5ths of the population
Government decided to promote migration into Venice
M erchants from other parts of Europe were offered special incentives such as housing and citizenship to live in Venice.
Objective was to ensure that the city state would have enough people for its commericial activities
2. Territirial possessions
Venice had terrotorial possessions that benefited its trade - ports along its trade routes so that at these friendly ports the Venetian ships could be resupplied and its crew could rest without incurring more cost since they owned the port.
Venice also managed to suppess piracy and the land it won in defeating the Byzantine Empire in the Mediterenean region gave it even more power.
3.
Venetian trade expanded and this caused Venice to look towards dveeloping its own industries to prduce goods that other nations wanted and that were of high quality. Items that Venice produced well were glass, soap, dyes and bricks.
In these industries the pay was high and much of these goods were sold overseas and made these companies a lot of money.
Guilds were created for these industries with the aim of ensuring goods were of a high quality and were fit for export. Venice's high quality of goods led to increased trade and this meant higher incomes for both the merchants and those working in these industries.
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