During his childhood, Franciscus had a strong enthusiasm for religion, virtues, and obtaining knowledge. ... Augustinus, the theologian, adds that he lost the authentic zeal for religion that he once possessed. ... Societal reform was also the aim of Niccolò Machiavelli in his book, The Prince. He wrote didactic literature on governing and politics for the one in power, the prince. ... Throughout The Prince, Machiavelli expresses realpolitik when identifying the best way to lead a political realm. ...

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The Renaissance was a time of drastic changes of faith in the Church and religion, to the faith in human thinking and ideas, along the lines of science, logic, and reason. ... Among these humanists was Machiavelli. ... During his exile, his most controversial piece of work emerged: The Prince. ... The Prince provoked arguments of ideals and religious arguments as well. ... Machiavelli also says that a prince should be able to be deceitful when it can help him gain advantage by appearingvirtuous and upright.? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Not only did humanists write about the pagan religions of the classical era, but they also attacked the church for its corruption, such as in Valla's Of the Profession of Religious Life (Kekewich 161). "The Prince," written by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1513, was a great representation of the new ideas that surfaced within literature during the Renaissance. ... Machiavelli stressed the need to conquer new lands and for princes to maintain their power through any means necessary, using Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia, and Julius II as his primary examples. ... With respect and knowledge of the ac...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By studying how humanists before them used reason instead of religion to explain things they learned from it. ... However, they were not ignoring religion in any way. ... Most humanists wanted to bring together classical philosophy with Christianity however; Pico tried bringing together all human beliefs and religion. Machiavelli wrote a book called "The Prince". ...

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The baby prince Henry was born of January 1, 1511. ... In october, a prince was born at hampton court palaceand was christened on the 15th of october. ... In the Purge of the previous officials, Machiavelli was placed by a medicean. He then went to his country house in Percussina and wrote the prince.... A person religion in the time had to be very strong during the time of the Renaissance because he/she would be tortured to change their religion. ...

• Word Count: 2068
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• Grade Level: High School