Italian Renaissance Notes

1. Cosimo Medici's dad bankrolled the pope to the papacy
2. So now, if anyone is doing business with the pope, they do it through the Medici family
3. The Medici family with its money, fuels
4. Principalities were places of autonomous monarchal rule
• A prince or a duke would be the Renaissance equivalent of the old land barons in the Middle Ages
5. Big principalities of Italy: Sienna, Urbino, Perugio, Florence
6. Sienna
• Sort of in north-central Italy, about four hours north of Rome
• Autonomous: It has no outside political governance; it is not ruled by the Holy Roman Empire
7. Urbino
• A relatively small city
• Looks very much like a Medieval city
• Citadel and tower for the time period
8. Perugia
• In the center of Italy; two hours north of Rome
9. Florence
• Right in the heart of the Tuscan Valley
• Wine country
• Very fertile valley for harvest