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QUIZ 7 STUDY GUIDE
Presentation: Renaissance Humanism and Secular Politics – Use these questions to review
the material covered in the presentation.
1. Why did the Renaissance begin when and where it did?
1350-1600
began in Italy in the mid 14th century
weakened emperor and catholic empire
intersecting trade routes which controlled the trade in the Mediterranean. A bridge
between east and west.
2. Discuss the uniqueness of Italy.
1. Commerce and trade – important commercial and banking centers. Wealth
was primarily in commerce and industry, not in land.
2. Political Development – the conflict between merchants and nobles was exasperate by
conflict amongst merchants themselves. Then there were rivalries among the growing
city states that included open warfare. Italians formed small republics in the city states.
Then they began to develop ideas of self liberties and self government in order to defend
their power against the holy roman empire and the papacy.
3. Describe how the rising merchant class altered the traditional social
order. the merchants shared a new power with the feudal lords.
4. What factors led to political experimentation in Italy?
5. Describe the external conflict that occurred between the Italian city-states and
other powers and among the city-states themselves.
6. How did political experimentation in the Italian city-states have a lasting impact on
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Western Civilization?
7. Define and describe the essential features humanism as it developed in the Italian
Renaissance.
First, a greater appreciation for human beings, human attributes, and human potential,
both physical and intellectual. Shifted the focus from man as sinful and his downfall to
the focus of man as created in the image of God. A greater emphasis on the positive
attributes. Man is a being in time and in space.
The rediscovery of classics. The writings of the ancients were seen as a way of
reclaiming the good old days.
Education as a means of improving the individual.
8. Compare Italian Renaissance humanism to secular humanism.
secular humanism says man and the material world are all that exist. There is no God, no
reason for religion, etc.
9. Summarize the contributions of Petrarch, Pico, and Valla.
Petrarch – the father of the renaissance, because he led the way to the rediscovery of the
classics.
Pico – known for his writing.
Valla – many accomplishments, including his contribution to the critical method. Studied