Spanish monarchy in the renaissance
Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the Muslim state of Grenada, expelled Spanish Jews and tortured non-Catholics
Civic humanism
An emphasis on the public good
First to coin the term “humanism”. First to divide history into 3 parts.
Renaissance art
Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism
Secularism
Separation of church and state.
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.
French monarchy in the renaissance
Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.
A focus on the human body and human achievements.
Castiglione
His death marked the start of the renaissance. He was called the father of humanism.
Impacts of the printing press
The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance.
Renaissance monarchies
New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.
He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want
