Civic humanism
An emphasis on the public good
Petrarch
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.
Poco della Mirandola
Castiglione
A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court.
Beliefs on education in the renaissance
Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism
The pope rented the power to appoint church officials in France to the king through the accordo di bologna
Secularism
Separation of church and state.
Renaissance monarchies
A focus on the human body and human achievements.
Impacts of the printing press
The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance.
Renaissance art
The prince
Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.
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.
