| CHAPTER 12: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance,
1350–1550 |
| I. Wealth and Power in Renaissance Italy |
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A. Trade and Prosperity |
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1.
Improvements in Shipbuilding |
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2.
Rise of Florence |
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3.
Prosperity |
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B. Communes and
Republics of Northern Italy |
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1.
Communes |
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2.
Social and Political Structures |
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3. Signori |
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C. City-States and the
Balance of Power |
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1.
Five Major Powers |
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2. Competition
and Diplomacy |
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3.
The French Invasion and Savonarola
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| II. Intellectual Change |
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A. Humanism |
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1.
Petrarch (1304–1374) |
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2.
Cicero and Plato |
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3.
Virtù |
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4. Leon
Battista Alberti (1404–1472) |
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B. Education |
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1.
Humanist Schools |
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2.
Education for Women |
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3.
Baldassare Castiglione’s The Courtier (1528) |
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C. Political Thought |
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1.
Civic Humanism |
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2. Niccolò
Machiavelli (1469–1527) |
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3.
Differences with Medieval Political Philosophy |
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D. Christian Humanism |
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1.
Beliefs |
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2.
Thomas More (1478–1535) |
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3.
Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) |
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E. The Printed Word |
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1.
The Printing Press |
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2.
Expanded Market for Reading |
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3.
Impact
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| III. Art and the Artist |
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A. Patronage and Power |
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1.
Patrons |
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2.
Artists |
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3.
Reasons for Patronage |
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B. Changing Artistic
Styles |
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1.
Themes |
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2.
Human Ideals |
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3.
Artistic Centers |
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4. Mannerism |
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C. The Renaissance
Artist |
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1.
Concept of Genius |
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2.
Training |
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3.
Women Artists |
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4. Limits of
Renaissance Culture
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| IV. Social Hierarchies |
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A. Race and Slavery |
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1.
Race |
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2.
Slavery |
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3.
Black Slaves |
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4. Black
Servants and Laborers |
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B. Wealth and the
Nobility |
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1.
Hierarchy of Wealth |
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2.
Hierarchy of Orders |
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3.
Honor |
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C. Gender Roles |
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1.
“Debate about Women” |
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2.
Popular Interest in “the Debate” |
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3.
Debates about Female Rulers |
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4. Women’s
Status
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| V. Politics and the State in Western Europe |
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A. France |
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1.
Political Stabilization |
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2.
First Permanent Royal Army |
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3.
Key Marriages |
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4. Religious
Stability |
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B. England |
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1.
Disorder |
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2.
Stabilization |
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3.
Methods |
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C. Spain |
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1.
Confederation |
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2.
The Spanish Monarchy |
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3.
Anti-Jewish Attitudes |
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4.
The Inquisition |
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5. Expulsion
(1492) |