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14 Cards in this Set
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Italy
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city-states
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Northern city states
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communes - sworn associations of free men seeking indepence from nobles
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Key Northen city-states
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Genoa, Venice, Milan - international trade with Middle East and Northern Europe, trading/ships
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Souther city states
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Florence - beginning of Renaissance
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Medici family
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banking
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Popolo
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group of commoners tired of taxation - middle class that took power in 13th century, set up republican governments that were only temporary
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1300 - power rested with
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Signori - despots/one man rulers
OR Oligarchies - rule by few aristocrats |
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Citizens loyal to?
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city-state - not unified
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Cesare Borgia
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figure from Machiavelli's The Prince - united Italian peninsula temporarily by conquering and forcing total obedience
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Nicolo Machiavelli
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The Prince
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If one city-state dominated...
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Others would join together to establish a balance of power
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Italy was a...
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target of invasion - no unity
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End of Renaissance
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Charles V - sack of Rome in 1527
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Giralamo Savanarola
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Dominican friar - predicted an invasion due to lack of morals in Italy - burned at the stake
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