- 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