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Chapter 12.1:
The Renaissance
Global Studies I
Key Terms
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urban society a society in which many of
the people live in cities
secular worldly, not religious
mercenary a hired soldier
dowry in Renaissance Italy, a sum of
money given by a wife’s family to her
husband upon marriage
What does the word renaissance mean?
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rebirth
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rebirth of
interest in
ancient culture
urban
society
Characteristics
of the
Italian Renaissance
secular
viewpoint
emphasis on
individual
achievements
recovery from 14th
century problems
How did the Visconti and Sforza rulers become
powerful in Milan?
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Both Visconti and Sforza rulers built a
strong centralized state and a tax system
that gave their governments a huge
income.
The Italian
States
1498
accused of heresy
&
sentenced to death
“Bonfire
of the
Vanities”
Dominican
preacher
forced the Medici
out and took
control of Florence
Girolamo
Savonarola
Had regulations
against gambling,
swearing, music,
painting & books
The Italian
States
French king
Charles VIII led an
army into Italy in
1494 & occupied the
kingdom of Naples.
What events
started & ended
the Italian Wars?
Northern Italian
states received help
from the Spanish.
The wars ended in
1527, when troops
belonging to the
Spanish king
Charles I
sacked Rome.
Machiavelli and the New Statecraft
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What was Machiavelli’s view of human
nature?
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believed that human beings were basically selfcentered
Why was The Prince an important work on
political power?
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Machiavelli was the first to abandon morality as
the basis for the analysis of political activity.
Renaissance Society
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Nobility
Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the
Courtier
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a noble was born, not made
expected to have character, grace, and talent
had to perform military and physical exercises to
prepare for war
Expected to have a classical education and
pursue the arts
Follow a standard of conduct
Renaissance Society
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Peasants and Townspeople
peasants made up 85 – 90% of the
population in most of Europe; the rest were
townspeople
Renaissance Society
Patricians
Burghers
Workers
Unemployed
Renaissance Society
age  Middle Ages
Renaissance
class
Nobility
Primarily concerned
with military skill
Classical education,
arts, warriors,
standards of conduct
Peasants
Part of manorial More peasants
system
were legally free
Townspeople
Merchants and
artisans
Patricians, shopkeepers,
artisans, guild masters,
workers