POLS 2900 Lecture Notes - Girolamo Savonarola, Roman Republic, Bonfire
7 Dec 2012
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New approaches to art, culture, religion and science combined with exposure to foreign civilizations. Europe was divided into a system of small states partitioned amongst ruling families. Dynastic alliance were used as a means of diplomacy. The age of conspiracies political assassinations, shifting political alliances and coup d" tats were commonplace (chapter 19) Attempted assassination on lorenzo and giuliano de medici. War was considered to be a natural feature of renaissance life. states were dependent on conquest for revenue. Armies were infamous for looting and pillaging the lands of neighboring states. Machiavelli was commissioned to recruit a small militia which turned out to be largely unsuccessful. Re-mobilization of mercenaries (one of the main supplies of state armies) posed a constant threat to civilian peace. Born to a lower middle class family on the outskirt of florence in 1469. Passionate about historical study of ancient rome. This type of education was called classical humanism.
