1.The Italian Renaissance followed on the heels of the Middle Ages, and was spawned by the birth of the philosophy of humanism, which emphasized the importance of individual achievement in a wide range of fields. ... Though he favored a republic to unite Italy, he believed only a dictator could unite such a quarrelsome area initially. ... During the time period of Italy's destruction and turmoil, he believed that the unification of Italy was an end that justified any means. ... Their methods were rapidly perfected and built upon by other artists of the early Renaissance such as Botticell...

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Before the Renaissance, the literacy rate had been as low as five to ten percent for males. ... But during the Renaissance, the literacy rate rose starting with children all they way through grown adults. ... This phase of the Renaissance was stronger in more Italy then other countries, because Italy produced a greater volume or are than any other place did. "The newly rising Italian families were eager to surround themselves with courtly, late chivalric art." ... The Renaissance was a period during which many people began to think and act in different ways. ...

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Niccolo Machiavelli was from the elite class in Renaissance Florence. During this time Italy divided into city-states that was threatened by French and Spainish invasions. Machiavelli wrote The Prince (1513) to call for united efforts to defend Italy from these powerful countries. ...

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(Encyclopaedia Britannica 6) The French came up with the term "Machiavellianism" (Encyclopaedia Britannica 7) to describe their hatred of Italian life. ... As said in the preface to Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy "The history of Machiavelli is an enthralling one, but it is best insulated from an account of the development of the man himself." ...

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Love (in Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince) The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is the book that was based on examples of princes and other rulers of Spain, Italy, and other European countries at the time of Renaissance. ...

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