• Secular
  • Moved away from life in the church
  • Focuses more on material objects and enjoying life
  • Focused on man
• The Renaissance was a time of renewal and rebirth
• Renaissance means rebirth and Europe was recovering from the Dark ages and the plague
• People had lost their faith in the church and began to put more focus on human beings.

Italy’s city states

Milan

• One of the richest
• Controlled trade thro the alps

Florence

• Wool and textiles
• Major banking centre due to presence of medici family

Venice

• Attracted traders from all over the world

Papal states

• They were controlled by the pope
• Religious states

Political ideas of renaissance

Niccolo Machiavelli

• He was the prince
• He believed that it's better for a ruler to be feared than loved