French monarchy in the renaissance
Renaissance art
Focused much more on realism as artists learned how to use perspective
Civic humanism
An emphasis on the public good
Castiglione
A long career as a diplomat for Milan. Wrote “the courtier” on how a gentleman should behave in court.
The printing press helped spread the ideas of the renaissance.
The prince
Machiavelli wrote about how an effective ruler should behave: they should maintain order and stability, be feared but not hated.
Beliefs on education in the renaissance
Believed education should promote individual virtue and self sacrificing public service. Aka. Civic humanism
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.
Petrarch
A focus on the human body and human achievements.
New 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
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.
