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What were the political changes during the Renaissance?
Governments in the Renaissance focused on reducing the impact religion had on the economy and politics of their society. Wealth began to impact politics more, such as the Medecci family, who accumulated huge profits and which were used to finance cultural and political activities.
What were some of the developments of the Italian Renaissance?
Some major developments of the Renaissance include astronomy, humanist philosophy, the printing press, vernacular language in writing, painting and sculpture technique, world exploration and, in the late Renaissance, Shakespeare’s works.
What impact have social classes had on Renaissance society?
As the Renaissance brought new wealth into Europe and started changing some ideas about social classes, the nobility tightly held on to the rights and privileges of their status. They insisted on being treated with the utmost formality wherever they went and held themselves to strict standards of behavior.
What was the social structure of the Renaissance?
The people of Renaissance Florence, like most city–states of the era, were composed of four social classes: the nobles, the merchants, the tradesmen and the unskilled workers.
What was the political structure of Italy during the Renaissance?
In this period, which we call the Early Renaissance, Florence is not a city in the unified country of Italy, as it is now. Instead, Italy was divided into many city-states (Florence, Milan, Venice etc.), each with their own government (some were ruled by despots, and others were republics).
These social factors included ‘new rulers’, social mobility, trade, and a society that was not bound by traditional values. Above all, the increasing secularism of the times allowed people in the Renaissance to conceive a new way of living and even a new world.
What economic and political developments in Italy provided the setting for the Renaissance?
Italy provided the setting for the renaissance? Merchant started to gain wealth (communes) where cities gained alot of power so they formed signori and oligarchies. As wealth grew, rulers displayed wealth and power through public buildings, courts and palaces where they lived and conducted business.
How was the government of Italy structured during the Renaissance?
Italy during the renaissance era was subdivided into a number of city states, small kingdoms and the papal state. The political structures of these states varied considerably and included republics, hereditary kingdoms, vassals, grand duchies and the Vatican ruled country in the case of the papal state.