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What are the names of the key city-states of Italy?
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Venice, Pisa, Gena, & Florence
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what does "Renaissance" mean?
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A french word coined in the 1800's meaning "the rebirh of classical learning"
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the 2 industries that began in the city-states during the Renaissance
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banking and wooling
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what is a humanist?
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one who teaches grammar, poetry, and history
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Who is Machiavelli and what did he write?
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Machiavelli wrote the Renaissance handbook entitled "The Prince" for rulers of the Italian city-states. He taught that a ruler should adopt a realistic course of action to stay in power and should use any methods to achieve his power. He advised the use of cunning, diplomacy, and ruthlessness.
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Compare Machiavelli to Thomas More.
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Machiavelli believed in doing anything to achieve political power, where as Thomas More held Christian beliefs and believed that the whole society should make an effort to work together.
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Boccaccio
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father of Italian prose and wrote the book "Decamaron"
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Castaiglione
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Writer of the book "The Book of the Courtier", he is an educated aristocrat who is generous, polite, learned, and talented. His book is a manual.
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Giotto
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was a slorentine painter- made flat come to life- major use of light- first to paint from nature- fresco- works include: Belfreti Tower, Marriage of St.Francis to Poverty, and Glorification of St.Francis
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