HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Colbertism, Jean Bodin, Cameralism
5 Dec 2020
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The period of renaissance, a period in european civilization immediately following the middle ages, has superseded the middle ages. Renaissance witnessed: an age of reasoning instead of following and accepting certain ideas and injections blindly. This resulted in an increasing inquisitiveness in materialistic aspects of life and society. National states were rising, and the most powerful of them were acquiring colonies and spheres of influence. /the cosmopolitanism implicit in the non-national sentiment of the middle ages was gone. : economic rivalries between nations were intensified, on the religious side, we see the rise of protestantism. On the political arena merchiavelli (of italy) and jean bodin (of france) have had profound influence on the development of mercantilist views. Niccolo machiavelli (1469-1527), in his book, the prince" postulated that the times called for a strong prince and stressed on what must be done to create the strong state.
