The Italian Renaissance
Florence at the
Height of the Renaissance (Giorgio Vasari, 1511-1571)
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What was the Renaissance?
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What distinguished the Renaissance worldview
from the medieval worldview? Does it mark the birth of modern Europe?
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What is Renaissance humanism?
Who are some of the key humanists?
Key Terms
1)
humanism 5)
Francesco Petrarch
2)
virtœ 6) Giovanni Boccaccio & Decameron
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Pico della Mirandola 7) Leonardi Bruni
4)
The Medici 8)
Baldassare Castiglione &
The
Book of the Courtier
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An Age of Transition (Early 1300s to Early 1500s)
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The Birth of the Modern World or a Part of Medieval Culture?
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Toward a New Worldview
o Humanism:
The Wisdom of the Ancients
o Secularism
and Reason: This World Matters
o Individualism,
Human Agency, and Virtœ: The Rebirth of Arete
Innocent III vs. Pico della Mirandola (BBC)
o A New Culture
of Merit: Talent, Ambition, and Accomplishment in the City of Man
II.
The Northern
Italian Context (1300-1400)
á Urban Life, Urbane Nobles, and Weak Central Government
á Trade, Commerce, and Banking
á The New Greece? The Italian City States
á Republicanism, Elites, and Civic Identity
á Milan, Venice, and Florence 1 2 3: The Medici
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á Secular Elites, Education, and Virtœ
III.
Renaissance Humanism and Literature
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Francesco
Petrarch (1304-1374): The Father of Humanism
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Giovanni
Boccaccio (1313-1375)
o Decameron (1350-1353)
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Leonardi Bruni (1370-1444)
and the ÒHumanitiesÓ
á Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529)
o Book
of the Courtier (1528)
á Niccol˜
Machiavelli (1429-1527)
