Renaissance
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- City-State
- a country that is self contained within one city
- Milan, Venice, Florence
- three northern city states in Italy. These citites played a critical role in Italian politics
- Leonardo da Vinci
- painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, mathematician. Famous painting Mona Lisa and Last Supper
- Francesco Sforza
- a duke of Milan lead a band of mercenaries.
- Mercenaries
- soliders who sell their services to the highest bidder
- Lorenzo de Medici
- Grandson of Cosimo de Medici using the family wealth and influence made Florence the cultural center of Italy
- secular
- a worldly, viewpoint emerged as increasing wealth created new enjoyment of material things
- Cosimo de Medici
- controled Florence was a member of a wealthy family who ran the city-state government
- Italian Renaissance
- a period of European history that began in Italy and apread to the rest of Europe
- urban society
- society centered around a city as opposed to the rural area