Renaissance+McKay+407-415


 * 407-420**


 * 1) What advantage did the northern Italian cities have that paved the way for the Renaissance? p.408
 * 2) Why did Florence show the first manifestations of the Renaissance? p.408
 * 3) Define **oligarchy, popolo, condottieri and signori**. p.409
 * 4) Explain what **courts** were. p.410
 * 5) What were the five major city states of Renaissance Italy? What were their governments like? p.410
 * 6) Explain the **balance of power** among the major city states. p.410 (in italics)
 * 7) Explain/describe **humanism**. What were **humanists** like? pp.412-413
 * 8) What did they study? What was their general outlook/attitude? 413
 * 9) According to humanists, what were the goals/purposes of education? 414
 * 10) What did a young man’s education include? 414
 * 11) How did women’s education differ and why? 414
 * 12) In //Book of the Courtier// what did Castiglione say the ideal courtiers (men and women) must be like? 414-415
 * 13) Summarize the main message of Machiavelli’s //The Prince. 415//
 * 14) How did Machiavelli’s view of government differ from medieval political theory? 415
 * 15) Define **secularism**. 416
 * 16) What are some ways in which Renaissance society/culture can be seen as secular? 416
 * 17) Describe the ideas of the northern humanists (a.k.a Christian humanists). 416
 * 18) Summarize the main message of More’s //Utopia//. 417
 * 19) Summarize the main themes of Erasmus’ writings. 417-418
 * 20) What were the social and political effects of the printing press? pp. 418-420