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The '''Italian Renaissance''' was something of a fad among [[Italian]] princes and [[merchant]] princes for blowing huge chunks of the family fortune on nice [[art]], country [[houses]] and general good living. |
The '''Italian Renaissance''' was something of a fad among [[Italian]] princes and [[merchant]] princes for blowing huge chunks of the family fortune on nice [[art]], country [[houses]] and general good living. |
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This was fundamentally brought on by a lack of good other places to put your [[money]], due to a sustained commercial crisis combining a [[trade|trading]] depression in the [[Mediterranean]] and a fall in interest rates (down to 0.25% pa in [[Florence]]). |
This was fundamentally brought on by a lack of good other places to put your [[money]], due to a sustained commercial crisis combining a [[trade|trading]] depression in the [[Mediterranean]] and a fall in interest rates (down to 0.25% pa in [[Florence]]). |
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The period also saw a 'culture war' between the Humanists and the Scholastics, and as the Humanists concentrated on winning the argument rather than having their facts and logic straight, they successfully painted the 'moderns' (ie the Scholastics) as backward relics of the dark medieval era and the Humanists therefore got all the cool jobs as [[Court Poets]], [[Historians]] and so on. |
The period also saw a 'culture war' between the [[Humanists]] and the [[Scholastics]], and as the [[Humanists]] concentrated on winning the argument rather than having their facts and logic straight, they successfully painted the 'moderns' (ie the [[Scholastics]]) as backward relics of the dark medieval era and the [[Humanists]] therefore got all the cool jobs as [[Court Poets]], [[Historians]] and so on. |
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The combination of the physical evidence of the changes in [[fashion]] evident in the new art, styles of houses and so on, combined with the documentary "evidence" of the polemics of the Humanists caused it to be mistaken for an intermediate period between the medieval and modern worlds by [[ |
The combination of the physical evidence of the changes in [[fashion]] evident in the new art, styles of houses and so on, combined with the documentary "evidence" of the polemics of the [[Humanists]] caused it to be mistaken for an intermediate period between the medieval and modern worlds by [[19th century]] historians (especially [[Burckhardt]]). [[Recreationist]]s are still trying to repair the damage. |
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 21 May 2006
The neutrality of this article is disputed
The Italian Renaissance was something of a fad among Italian princes and merchant princes for blowing huge chunks of the family fortune on nice art, country houses and general good living.
This was fundamentally brought on by a lack of good other places to put your money, due to a sustained commercial crisis combining a trading depression in the Mediterranean and a fall in interest rates (down to 0.25% pa in Florence).
The period also saw a 'culture war' between the Humanists and the Scholastics, and as the Humanists concentrated on winning the argument rather than having their facts and logic straight, they successfully painted the 'moderns' (ie the Scholastics) as backward relics of the dark medieval era and the Humanists therefore got all the cool jobs as Court Poets, Historians and so on.
The combination of the physical evidence of the changes in fashion evident in the new art, styles of houses and so on, combined with the documentary "evidence" of the polemics of the Humanists caused it to be mistaken for an intermediate period between the medieval and modern worlds by 19th century historians (especially Burckhardt). Recreationists are still trying to repair the damage.
