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Republic of Florence
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Considered the cultural center of the Italian Renaissance
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Medici Family
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Most famous family of merchants and bankers who used their wealth to govern the city-states and to patronize artists
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Virtu
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The quality of being a man
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Individualism
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Encouraged living up to one's greatest potentials and excelling in all things- Renaissance men should be well rounded in scholastics, arts and defense
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Perosnified the "Renaissance man" as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, writer, and scientist
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
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A superb paintor and sculptor who glorified God by depicting the beauty of His earthly creations
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Machiavelli
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Workeing as a writer and political scientist, Machiavelli observed and critisized the government
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Personified Christian humanism by advocating gradual reform from within the church (i.e. translating the Bible into the vernacular)
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William Shakespeare
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Greatly influenced the English language by writing in the vernacular
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Hundred Years' War
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1337-1453
French vs. English French victory |
