Politics and Conflict,
in Renaissance Italy
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Lorenzo deÕ
Medici, 1449-1519 |
Niccol˜ Machiavelli
(1468-1527) |
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Why did Italian City-States move from
republicanism to despotism?
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How is MachiavelliÕs thinking a product
of his own political and cultural context?
Key Terms
1) Populo Grosso, Populo Minuto
2) The Medici
3) Peace of Lodi
4) Nicc˜lo Machiavelli
The Phases of Italian Political History
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Republics and Civic Humanism
(1300-1400)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1291-1348): Allegory of Good
and Bad
Government
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Instability, Plague, and the Rise of
Despotism (1375-1450)
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Social Conflict: Populo Grosso, Populo Minuto, and the Ciompi Rebellion
(1378)
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The Medici: Cosimo (1364-1464) & Lorenzo
(1449-92/1519)
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War, the Condottieri and the Peace of
Lodi (1454)
