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Business & Politics. By: Lorenzo, Hayoung, Valerie, & Sabrina. The Italian States. The lack of a centralized government allowed for city-states to develop. Milan Venice Florence . Milan. Located in northern Italy at the crossroads of the main trade routes.
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Business & Politics By: Lorenzo, Hayoung, Valerie, & Sabrina
The Italian States • The lack of a centralized government allowed for city-states to develop. • Milan • Venice • Florence
Milan • Located in northern Italy at the crossroads of the main trade routes. • One of the richest city states in Italy. • The Visconti family established themselves as dukes of Milan. • After the last Visconti ruler died, Francesco Sforza became ruler. • Both these two family worked to build a strong government and made large sums of money through taxes from the government.
Venice • Became an international power because it linked Asia and western Europe. • It officially was a republic with a leader called a doge. • But actually a small group of rich merchants ran the government of Venice for their own interests.
Florence • Cultural center of Italy • The Medici family controlled the government from around themselves. • Savonarola was in power for a short period of timebefore government.
Machiavelli • Niccolo' Machiavelli wrote the book The Prince. • The Prince is about how to gain and maintain political power.
Renaissance Society: The Nobility • The Book of the Courtier explains what was expected if you were a noble. • A noble was born, not made. They were expected to have character, grace, and talent. • Noble needed to be a warrior and be educated. • Nobles needed to follow a certain code of conduct.
Renaissance Society: The Peasants and Townspeople • The Urban Society • Patricians: They dominated economically, socially, politically. • Burghers: Shopkeepers, artisans, guild masters. • Workers: Poor class. They earned pitiful wages and lived miserably.
Renaissance Society: Family and Marriage. • Parents arranged marriages • Dowry: was a sum of money paid to the family of the husband by the wife's family. • Father / Husband controlled the lives of everyone in the household. • Fathers had to go to court to free his children.This is when adulthood came about.
Key Terms • Guild: a type of trade association • Apprentice: a young person being trained in craft • Capitalism: based on trade and capital • Commercial Revolution: New business methods and models