The Renaissance

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The Renaissance
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Questions

• Causes
• Explain why the Renaissance began in Italy.
• Politics
• Identify and define the types of government in
  Renaissance Italy.
• Define balance of power and explain why it
  developed in 15th c. Italy.
• How did the Renaissance see the rise of modern
  diplomacy?
• Were Renaissance Italian states strong or weak?
  Explain.

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The Italian City-States, ca 1491
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Florence
The Chain Map of Florence, 1470s
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The Medici
Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici (1478-1534) Pope
Clement VII
Lorenzo de Medici, the Magnificent (1449-1492)
Cosimo de Medici, the Elder (1389-1464)
1st of the Medicis
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Types of Government

• communes
• became type of oligarchy (merchant oligarchy)
• overthrown by popolo
• republics
• est. by popolo
• overthrown by condottieri
• signori
• ex. condottieri

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Types of Government

• signori merchant oligarchs est. princely courts

Palazzo Ducale, Urbino (mid-15th c.)Palace of
Federico da Montefeltro, condotierro lord of
Urbino