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THE RENAISSANCE
WHAT IS THE RENAISSANCE?
Break with medieval period
new ideas: secularism, individualism, civic virtue
Continuity with the past
old concepts: Christian themes, ancient classics, family & gender roles
Italian v. Northern Renaissance
THE RENAISSANCE
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
New attitudes about humanity and the world
man’s power and potential
moral and civic concerns
• VIRTU (virtue)
Great flourishing of art, culture, commerce
Decline of Church & religious outlook
Pope Alexander VI & the Borgias
THE RENAISSANCE
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Renaissance politics
• handbook for leadership
• ends justify means
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527): THE PRINCE
• wanted Italy to unify & centralize
THE RENAISSANCE
HUMANISM
Concern with man in worldly context
rejected transcendentalism
looked to Greek & Roman classics developed vernacular language (Italian)
writing became professional occupation
aided by newly invented Gutenberg printing press (1445)
THE RENAISSANCE
HUMANISM
Impact on Education
Separation of age groups
development of new curriculum
training young men for service to society
new focus on etiquette & deportment
CASTIGLIONE’S Book of the Courtier