Poco della Mirandola
Castiglione
A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court.
Leonardo Bruni
First to coin the term “humanism”. First to divide history into 3 parts.
Humanism
Spanish monarchy in the renaissance
Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the Muslim state of Grenada, expelled Spanish Jews and tortured non-Catholics
Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.
The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance.
New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.
Civic humanism
An emphasis on the public good
Separation of church and state.
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
Petrarch
His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.
Renaissance art
Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective
New monarchies
