Tuscany

class. Among this class the use of writing was important and necessary and we thus see how economy influenced the rise of vernaculars and thus the rise of Tuscan Florentine. Florence emerged as a leading city in Tuscany during this period. With the replacement of feudalism with capitalism Tuscany became the middleman of trade between the East and West. Within this emerging dominant force, experts were sought after who could read and write in the vernacular. They were wanted for commerce and…

The City of Invention has a tumultuous history with many religious and political uprisings, both large and small. It is a place ruled by those with the greatest economic influence: the Medici banking family. In 1478, the rival Pazzi family enacted a conspiracy to take the Medici family out of power. The conspiracy failed, but the Medici family was not without their losses; an assassin slew Lorenzo’s younger brother Giuliano. In 1494 Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican friar and mage lead an uprising…

that is assisting them. A case that reflects this situation is: Plaintiff United States of America and Defendant Sairam Enterprises, Inc., LLC a/k/a Sairam Enterprises, Inc. (“Sairam Enterprises”) d/b/a Days Inn and Conference Center Tulsa a/k/a Tuscany Inn (“Days Inn Tulsa” or “Hotel” (ADA, n.d.). Plaintiff, Mr. Crockett, was refused lodging accommodations…

Consequently, town leaders asked many baffling questions, such as whether a dome weighing thousands of tons could stay up without any traditional supports such as huge buttresses and tall, pointed arches; or whether there was even enough timber in Tuscany to build the scaffolding and templates that were needed to begin construction; or whether the dome could even be built without collapsing inward or exploding outward during construction. [2]…

Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He died on January 8, 1642 in Arcetri somewhere near Florence Italy. “Galileo was and is seen as the ‘hero of modern science’” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). The reason for this is because he made many discoveries and was known for his work as an engineer, philosopher and mathematician while playing a major role in science during the Renaissance. Galileo was the oldest child in his family, born in Pisa, Italy, but he later…

The Cobbler, by William Faulkner is a strange tale about a lonely, hardworking, backwards, country man. The story is narrated by the man, a goat farmer from Tuscany. It is in his village that he meets a woman that he is fond of, she is beautiful and young they had been promised to each other, so he was satisfied. The man was a heavy laborer and the girl would sometimes sneak away from her daily chores to visit him and his goats on the mountain. Eventually, she could no longer sneak away to be…

Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 in Anchiano, Tuscany. He was raised by his father, Ser Peiro, and his uncle due to his mother being a peasant. Although Leonardo didn’t receive any formal education, at the young age of 15 his father recognized his artistic talent and apprenticed him to the renowned artist Andrea Del Verrocchio. He stayed with Verrocchio until he was able to become an independent master in the year 1482. Da Vinci then moved to Milan and began to work for the Sfzorsa…

The Medici family were the powerful Italian family of bankers and merchants whose members ruled Florence for much of the 15th century. Cosimo and Lorenzo de' Medici were notable rulers and patrons of the arts in Florence. The family also provided four popes (including Leo X) and two queens of France (Catherine de' Medici and Marie de Médicis). Being in the money business, the Medici’s honed to a science making money using a complicated system of exchange (pawning) They paid the RC 2,000 florins…

Italian sailor, Giovanni da Verrazzano, was the most interesting explorer ever! Everything about him is interesting. From where he was born, to how he set sail. I hope you find him as outstanding as I did. Verrazzano was born around 1485 in Tuscany, Italy. In 1506 he moved to France. Around the same time Spain and Portugal were making themselves famous, and finding new lands. So King Francis I sent math loving, Verrazzano to explore. He wanted him to find a route to the Pacific, but instead…

minds of the common people should become confused, obstinate, and contemptuous in yielding assent to the principal articles that are absolutely matters of faith” (41).If the word of God was altered to cater to the vulgar needs of the populace, then, Galileo argues, it should not be used to determine science and the movement of the heavens. To add strength to this argument, Galileo uses the words of two saints (St. Jerome and St. Agustine). According to St. Jerome, the times in which the Bible…