d to the ?rise of Italian city-states and their political development, including ?Machiavelli’s theory of governing as described in The Prince.РThe Renaissance was a cultural movement and a time of renewal (Europe was recovering from the Dark Ages and the Black Death/Bubonic Plague)РRenaissance means “rebirth” of classical knowledge and “birth” of the modern world (new intellectual and artistic ideas that developed during the Renaissance marked the beginning of the modern world)РWhat was the Renaissance?РWhere did the Renaissance begin?РItaly?Italian Cities?Urban Societies?Major Trading CentersРSecular Movement ?People lost their faith in the church and began to put more focus on human beings and material possessionsРWhen did the Renaissance Take Place?РRoughly the 14th to the 17th century
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