HIS243H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Michel De Montaigne, Italian Peninsula, Poggio Bracciolini
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The north is different from italy: many of the preconditions giving rise to the ren in italy is different or non-existent on the other side of the alps. Connection betw italy and the north that allowed italian models of style and interpretation were able to move north. In the north, unlike italy, secular education stopped due the end of the roman empire and barbarian invasion. The barbarian tribes that settled had a different set of objectives and ideal that suited well the large territories of the north not available in italian. I(cid:374) ma i(cid:374) the (cid:374)orth, se(cid:272)ular edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) did(cid:374)"t (cid:374)ot largel(cid:455) e(cid:454)ist, a(cid:374)d ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) life (cid:449)as insignificant compared to italy. It had a feudal structure and subsistence economy based on agro, trade was local. Lack of secular education meant it was the monopoly of the church. The church needed ppl educated enough to read books to be preachers or teachers of christianity.
