His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.
New monarchies
New technology made war more expensive and it required large centralized governments to afford it. The monarch’s gained power and the nobility lost it.
Separation of church and state.
First to coin the term “humanism”. First to divide history into 3 parts.
Castiglione
A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court.
He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want
French monarchy in the renaissance
The pope rented the power to appoint church officials in France to the king through the accordo di bologna
Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism
An emphasis on the public good
The prince
Renaissance monarchies
New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.
Spanish monarchy in the renaissance
Humanism
A focus on the human body and human achievements.
Renaissance art
Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective
Impacts of the printing press
The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance.
