HIS109Y1 Lecture : Renaissance Italy
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Italian renaissance was a revolution bc people believed something different had occurred (if enough people believe in something then its sometimes actually occurs) Florence started as a tuscan commune, struggling but became rich during middle ages bc of ability to produce amazing wool and cloth and were sold throughout. ^you need people to die the cloth and do the actual labour. Merchant elite grew richer and richer employing more people and then became factory owners became rich therefore had extra money which they would lend out bankers. Problem was that group had risen very quickly (100 years), known as new men/new citizens, didn t have control of city gov t. Power resided in families that had been long established. Nobles of florence saw themselves as elite power and saw merchants as perasities and below them. Rural nobles had palaces in and throughout the city, rural and cities were closely intertwined. Nobles had long connection with towns and cities.
