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Why Italy?
Growth of cities and city-states
Late Medieval trade routes
Rich and powerful merchant patrons
Justified money by supporting religious artists
Technical innovations in art
Weak Church
Pope was in France
Church was self-absorbed
Only interested in money
"Geography is destiny" -Proximity to sea and trade routes
Middleman in trade
Towns in Italy wealthiest
Concentration of money in wealthy elite
Florence
10% families controlled 90% of the wealth
Artisans and craftsmen and a stagnant economy
Plague due to famine
Declining population
Food was not a profitable investment
Wealth channeled towards artisans and craftsman and luxury goods
Refined trades
Gold
Glassmaking
Focused on Italian city states
Italian city states
Weak popes/church
No strong kings
Various kinds of governments
Merchant oligarchies
Florence
Republic
Venice
Some of Florence
Despot princes
Milan
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Why did Florence become an important city state?
men
When did florence nightingale become a gentle women?
She was born a gentlewoman - her parents were very rich.
Why did Florence become a cultural center of the Renaissance?
Florence became a major city during the renaissance because the Medici family, who was very rich and powerful at the time, sponsored many artists and without them they wouldn't have been able to create and sell so much work.
Is Florence a city or a state?
Florence is a city
The leading city of Renaissance Italy the City of Flowers?
Florence. (flowers, florence...)
Why did Port Royal become a strong and rich city?
because
Which city was not known for trade florence Venice genoa or rome?
Rome. Florence and Venice especially grew rich from trade, and as did Genoa to a lesser extent. Rome, though important through most of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, was not a trade city.
Which Italian city is known as the city of the renaissance?
Ferrera came to be known as the City of the Renaissance because of its intellectual and artistic dominance during the period. Great minds congregated there, and it came to achieve the Humanist definition of an ideal city by constructing what would become a model of the modern metropolis.
What is one city that you might find in northern east Florence?
None. Florence is a city and, unlike the Vatican City which is in Rome, Florence does not contain a city within its limits.
What was the business that made florence rich?
the renaissance.
What was florence's family like?
her family where rich.
Is Florence in France?
No, Florence is a city in Italy.
