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 * Chapter 13: European Society in the Age of the Renaissance **


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