Poco della Mirandola
He wrote the famous “oration on the dignity of man”, the manifesto of the renaissance. Humans are free to become whatever they want
Secularism
Separation of church and state.
A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court.
Spanish monarchy in the renaissance
Isabella and Ferdinand conquered the Muslim state of Grenada, expelled Spanish Jews and tortured non-Catholics
Leonardo Bruni
First to coin the term “humanism”. First to divide history into 3 parts.
Humanism
A focus on the human body and human achievements.
Renaissance monarchies
New military technology meant only centralized government could afford to go to war. Monarchs became more powerful, nobility lost power.
French monarchy in the renaissance
The pope rented the power to appoint church officials in France to the king through the accordo di bologna
Petrarch
Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.
Impacts of the printing press
The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance.
Beliefs on education in the renaissance
Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism
Civic humanism
An emphasis on the public good
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.
Renaissance art
