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| 209124932 | Renaissance | a "re-birth" of Greek and Roman Classics | |
| 209124933 | Dates of Renaissance | 1320-1530 | |
| 209124934 | 1st Cause of Renaissance (econ) | 1) Economic Revival- trade and a rising merchant class (crusades) - expansion of commerce in city states in the 11th and 12th centuries | |
| 209124935 | 2nd Cause of Renaissance (geography) | 2) Geography - The italian peninsula formed a natural point of exchange between east and west | |
| 209124936 | 3rd Cause of Renaissance (roman legacy) | 3) Roman Legacy - The survival of Roman Law and Roads provided a framework for: Law, order, and political life. AND All roads still led to Rome - tying city-states together | |
| 209124937 | Other (4th)(Basic) Cause of Renaissance | Serious change in attitude and values (revolutionary) merchants changed their minds: Their wealth is not simply attributed to God, but rather their hard ward (pride/ego) | |
| 209124938 | How Did Florence Gain Leadership of Renaissance? (economic) | -Wool Trade and Manufacturing- Florence traded in wool from England and Sprain -|To Produce| textiles for export all over world -Gold Florin=standard currency of exchange through Europe (backed by stable banks) -Flor Bankers had agents all over Europe who established systems of credit and bills of exchange which were used to protect goods and fuel economy. | |
| 209124939 | How Did Florence Gain Leadership of Renaissance? (geography) | -Central Italy -Argiculture thrived in Tuscany and Lombardy (arno river=fertile) -Florence conquered Pisa in 1406 --> access to sea --> expansion of trade | |
| 209124940 | How Did Florence Gain Leadership of Renaissance? (Religion) | By the 15th C, the church's condemnation of usury no longer applied to banking (as long as interest rates were not excessive | |
| 209124941 | How Did Florence Gain Leadership of Renaissance? (Culture) | Tuscan Language became courtly language in Europe for a time. -Flor had rep as an educated city (many schools and univs)--> people settled there | |
| 209124942 | Population of Florence (pre-plague 1300s) | 100,000 | |
| 209124943 | Classes of Renaissance Italy (6: from /\ to \/) | -Grandi (old rich-nobles and merchants that traditionally controlled power) -Popolo Grosso (new rich- new elite capitalists: rich merchants manufacturers and bankers) -Mediocri (smaller merchants and master artisans -Popolo Minuto (lower economic classes-bulk of urban pop) -paupers- no wealth at all (in cities) - rural poor (sharecroppers, tenant farmers, agricultural laborers, peasant landowners) | |
| 209124944 | New Social Class? When? | Urban nobility, 1100s | |
| 209124945 | What do nobles do to stop rise of Urb.Nobility against them? | -Nobles do not want to be merchants because they are commoners, but they are extremely wealthy, SO.... - short term: tax them in the short term - long term: they marry into Urban Nobility creating a convenient arrangement | |
| 209136270 | Ciompi Revolts (+ date) | 1378: a violent struggle against the government by popolo | |
| 209136271 | Causes of Ciompi Revolts | 3 factors caused revolt by poor: -feuding between old and new rich: poor were often dragged into conflict and often sided with new rich -Temporary Social anarchy at the time because of Plague -collapse of the banking house in Florence | |
| 209136272 | Effects of Ciompi Revolts | 4 year period in Florence where the lower classes were running the show. ---> Until Cosimo de Medici rose to power (1434) | |
| 209136273 | What will power power be restored (Cosimo de Medici) in Florence? | set up despotic rule - Gov by the "Signori" (a six member council --> 8 member council) -chosen from major guilds and bankers judges, doctores | |
| 209136274 | Condotteri's | Mercenary armies created to restore order in Flor | |
| 209136275 | Were City States Democratic? | No. "Republics" were constitutional oligarchies dominated by powerful families. -Vote very limited -Poor not represented at all | |
| 209136276 | 5 Powers that dominated Italian Peninsula | Venice, Milan, Florence, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples | |
| 209136277 | Explain Italian Balance of Power | When one would get strong and attack, others would come to the rescue (sort of like batman, but not really at all) ----> no city-state could get too strong | |
| 209136278 | When did Italy finally become unified | 1870 | |
| 209136279 | Why did it take so long to unify | Italy is rich (like Germany) -too many citites that all don't really need to unify (so they think) -yadda yadda -All dem richys dant wonna come togethah cause they so dang richy | |
| 209136280 | How did City-States rise in the first place? | Babylonian Captivity. When no pope in Rome, there was a power vacuum. --> rise of Florence, Venice, and Milan | |
| 209136281 | Milan attempts to become most powerful City-state. What is their plan? | alliance with France. | |
| 209136282 | Why is France a problem for Italy? | -France will decide to just take it -1498: Charles VIII will do that -1527: Sac of Rome | |
| 209136283 | What is the Moral of this whole (boring, if I may add) Story of these City-States? | You won't get your act together until you are poor. Wealth will create laziness...... (Middle East is sort of doing the same thing. They'll figure stuff out when the oil is gone) | |
| 209136284 | YAY! We're DONE! WHOOT. Wow, It is literally 1 in the morning and I'm about to pass out..... | ... |
