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10th Euro Studies 9.30.14 Turn in: • 1 paragraph summary of the episode. Take out: Planner, pen, paper, notes… Today’s objective: I can describe how the time period following the Middle Ages began to take shape and lay the foundation for a modern world. Today’s Agenda: •Wrapping up The Godfathers of the Renaissance •Leadership HW: • In-class (HW): Personality Test with a synopsis of your results…ON YOUR WAY OUT! The Godfathers of the Renaissance • Savonarola—The Bonfire of the Vanities – Keep in mind the Dominican Order…very conservative – The Medici are banished …for now • Michelangelo—begins to try to distance himself from the Medici… “David” • Pope Julius II—sympathetic to the plight of the Medici, helps them raise an army • Medici troops are marching, and a political mastermind is asked to prepare Florence’s defense. – Ends badly for? The Godfathers of the Renaissance • Pope Leo X (let’s remember this guy!)—Giovanni de’Medici took a while, but another “Medici” Pope… • Political mind tries to gain favor of the Medici, but is exiled…he has some time for writing… • Leo X has a bit of a reputation for “indulgences” • Pope Clement VII—cousin of Giovanni another Medici Pope! • Catherine married off to a French king… The Godfathers of the Renaissance • Duke of Florence is murdered—his cousin, another Cosimo takes his place (17 years old) • Marries a Spanish princess…brings an army as a dowry – Cosimo uses it to conquer his neighbors—Siena falls, the rest of Tuscany falls in line. • Cosimo uses art to publicize his success. – Vasari ordered to create works of art, an area for a centralized administration (Uffizi), and caps off his career with the first work of “Art History” by compiling the “Lives of the Artists” • As practices begin to collide with the Church, the Medici choose the Church – The innovation has waned and the Renaissance in Italy begins to fade— yet is it still present. – Other families attempted, but none matched the legacy of the Medici, GODFATHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE Leadership (5 minutes) • In your groups, on a piece of paper identify some positions that call for leadership qualities. Think broadly- a coach, a president, leader of a corporation etc… Now one member from group write what they came up with on the white board. (3 minutes) • Let’s discuss…what do these positions have in common as far as leadership? • Keep in mind characteristics that you agree/disagree with… Niccolo Machiavelli • One of his most well known quotes: The original in Italian : “si guarda al fine” • Often translated as “the end justifies the means.” • But also can be translated as: "and in the actions of all men, and especially of princes, where there is no impartial arbiter, one must consider the final result." • http://personality-testing.info/tests/MACHIV.php • In-class (HW): Personality Test with a synopsis of your results – What was your score? – What would Machiavelli have to say about you? – What are your thoughts on your results? Everyone sees what you appear to be , few feel what you are, and those few will not dare to oppose themselves to the many For the vulgar is always taken by appearances and the issue of the event; and the world consists only of the vulgar, and the few who are not vulgar are isolated when the many have a rally point in the prince. ...one ought to be both feared and loved….but it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which “and in the actions of men, and especially of princes…the end justifies the means.” Introduction: “Break with Medieval Political Theory” • What is politics (or the state) to Machiavelli? • What should “The Prince” or any other leader be concerned with? • What do you think the Church might have thought of Machiavelli’s writings? Why? • Discuss in your group and answer each question in at least one complete sentence (this will be turned in) Machiavelli and the birth of modern politics • “Machiavellian” has made its way into the English language as an adjective that means: characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty. • After a careful reading of an excerpt from The Prince and as well understanding more about Machiavelli’s personal history and the reality of Italian politics of the 1400s, do you think this definition accurately describes Machiavelli’s political philosophy? 10th Euro Studies 9.30.14 Turn in: • 1 paragraph summary of the episode. Take out: Planner, pen, paper, notes… Today’s objective: I can describe how the time period following the Middle Ages began to take shape and lay the foundation for a modern world. Today’s Agenda: •Wrapping up The Godfathers of the Renaissance •Leadership HW: • In-class: Personality Test with a synopsis of your results…ON YOUR WAY OUT!