HIS-1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, Michel De Montaigne, Scientific Revolution
Document Summary
Renaissance has some dramatic changes, but wherever you go you take some of where you were with you. City states (e. g. , florence, venice, genoa, milan, rome, mantua, City states developed bc of the weakness of the holy roman empire. The empire was so big the city states were essentially independent. Unlike the feudal princes of the country sides. Wealth in money and trade not land and crops. In contrast to feudal armies based on obligation to a lord, the city states had to hire mercenary armies. Dictatorships the norm after 1450 except for venice. Internal problems: merchants vs. aristocrats, merchants vs. merchants. External threats: holy roman emperor & other monarchs, pope (wanted greater earthly power. Value for learning, taste, talent, and sophistication. Perry makes argument that upper city class men get married older to young wife. Artists drew on classical (greek &roman) & religious traditions.
