iv. a struggle for mastery
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IV. A Struggle for Mastery
The High Renaissance Court:
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
IV. A Struggle for Mastery
The High Renaissance Court:
- the center of princely power & the mechanisms of state-building
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
IV. A Struggle for Mastery
The High Renaissance Court:
- the center of princely power & the mechanisms of state-building
- comprised of the ruler’s household, servants, attendants councilors, officials, artists, & soldiers
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
IV. A Struggle for Mastery
The High Renaissance Court:
- the center of princely power & the mechanisms of state-building
- comprised of the ruler’s household, servants, attendants councilors, officials, artists, & soldiers
- Castiglione - Book of the Courtier - defined the culture &etiquette of the Renaissance Man & proper court behavior:
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
IV. A Struggle for Mastery
The High Renaissance Court:
- the center of princely power & the mechanisms of state-building
- comprised of the ruler’s household, servants, attendants councilors, officials, artists, & soldiers
- Castiglione - Book of the Courtier - defined the culture &etiquette of the Renaissance Man & proper court behavior:
RM = a synthesis of military, artistic, literary, & civic virtues
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
IV. A Struggle for Mastery
The High Renaissance Court:
- the center of princely power & the mechanisms of state-building
- comprised of the ruler’s household, servants, attendants councilors, officials, artists, & soldiers
- Castiglione - Book of the Courtier - defined the culture &etiquette of the Renaissance Man & proper court behavior:
RM = a synthesis of military, artistic, literary, & civic virtues
- Michelangelo - a court artist - sculpted David statue for court princes, painted Sistine Chapel for the pope
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
MACHIAVELLI
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
MACHIAVELLI
- He admired the political strength & unity of France & England
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
MACHIAVELLI
- He admired the political strength & unity of France & England
- Feared that Italian in-fighting would doom it to foreign invasion
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
THE PRINCE - 1513
MACHIAVELLI
- He admired the political strength & unity of France & England
- Feared that Italian in-fighting would doom it to foreign invasion
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
THE PRINCE - 1513
- Most well-known work of the Renaissance
MACHIAVELLI
- He admired the political strength & unity of France & England
- Feared that Italian in-fighting would doom it to foreign invasion
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
THE PRINCE - 1513
- Most well-known work of the Renaissance
- Freed politics from moral and religious philosophy
MACHIAVELLI
- He admired the political strength & unity of France & England
- Feared that Italian in-fighting would doom it to foreign invasion
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
THE PRINCE - 1513
- Most well-known work of the Renaissance
- Freed politics from moral and religious philosophy
- Explained that successful politicians are often immoral and opportunistic - did not CONDONE the behavior - was misunderstood for his views, punished for his works
MACHIAVELLI
- He admired the political strength & unity of France & England
- Feared that Italian in-fighting would doom it to foreign invasion
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
-Valois - ruling family of France
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
-Valois - ruling family of France-1494 - 1559 - fought for control of Europe
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
-Valois - ruling family of France-1494 - 1559 - fought for control of Europe- both Catholic, involved most Christian monarchs & Ottomans
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
-Valois - ruling family of France-1494 - 1559 - fought for control of Europe- both Catholic, involved most Christian monarchs & Ottomans - much of the fighting was over Italy & the Low Countries
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
-Valois - ruling family of France-1494 - 1559 - fought for control of Europe- both Catholic, involved most Christian monarchs & Ottomans - much of the fighting was over Italy & the Low Countries- 1527 - Rome sacked & burned by HRE b/c pope aligned w/ France
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
-Valois - ruling family of France-1494 - 1559 - fought for control of Europe- both Catholic, involved most Christian monarchs & Ottomans - much of the fighting was over Italy & the Low Countries- 1527 - Rome sacked & burned by HRE b/c pope aligned w/ France
- French aligned w/ Turks to match superior HRE - showed that religion was not always most important issue
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dynastic Wars
Habsburgs vs. Valois:
-Habsburg - ruling family of Spain & HRE
-Valois - ruling family of France-1494 - 1559 - fought for control of Europe- both Catholic, involved most Christian monarchs & Ottomans - much of the fighting was over Italy & the Low Countries- 1527 - Rome sacked & burned by HRE b/c pope aligned w/ France
- French aligned w/ Turks to match superior HRE - showed that religion was not always most important issue
- The wars drained the treasuries of each nation
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
- Costly new weapons outpaced revenue, caused inflation
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
- Costly new weapons outpaced revenue, caused inflation
- HRE ran up huge debts to lead bankers
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
- Costly new weapons outpaced revenue, caused inflation
- HRE ran up huge debts to lead bankers
- Fuggers - leading international bankers of the16th century
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
- Costly new weapons outpaced revenue, caused inflation
- HRE ran up huge debts to lead bankers
- Fuggers - leading international bankers of the16th century
- arranged for Charles V’s succession as HRE
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
- Costly new weapons outpaced revenue, caused inflation
- HRE ran up huge debts to lead bankers
- Fuggers - leading international bankers of the16th century
- bankrolled the HRE during the Italian Wars (1494-1559)
- arranged for Charles V’s succession as HRE
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
- Costly new weapons outpaced revenue, caused inflation
- HRE ran up huge debts to lead bankers
- Fuggers - leading international bankers of the16th century
- bankrolled the HRE during the Italian Wars (1494-1559)
- HRE constantly in danger of defaulting on Fugger debts
- arranged for Charles V’s succession as HRE
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Financing War
- Costly new weapons outpaced revenue, caused inflation
- HRE ran up huge debts to lead bankers
- Fuggers - leading international bankers of the16th century
- Unmanageable debt forced Habsburgs & Valois to sign Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis in 1559 - ended 60 years of war - French also agreed to give up Italian claims
- bankrolled the HRE during the Italian Wars (1494-1559)
- HRE constantly in danger of defaulting on Fugger debts
- arranged for Charles V’s succession as HRE
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Habsburg - Valois - Ottoman Wars, 1494-1559
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Divided RealmsFrance :
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Divided RealmsFrance :
- Many powerful nobles converted to Calvinism
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Divided RealmsFrance :
- Many powerful nobles converted to Calvinism
- Balance of power between Catholics & Protestants was maintained by kings Francis I & Henry II during wars w/ Charles V & HRE
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Divided RealmsFrance :
- Many powerful nobles converted to Calvinism
- Balance of power between Catholics & Protestants was maintained by kings Francis I & Henry II during wars w/ Charles V & HRE
- 1560 -Henry II’s death led to decades of brutal religious civil wars
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
England & Scotland:
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
England & Scotland:
- Edward VI - succeeded HVIII, welcomed Protestant refugees of Eur
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
England & Scotland:
- Edward VI - succeeded HVIII, welcomed Protestant refugees of Eur
- Calvinist refugees wanted to transform England
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
England & Scotland:
- Edward VI - succeeded HVIII, welcomed Protestant refugees of Eur
- Calvinist refugees wanted to transform England
- Mary Tudor (1553-1558) - succeeded EVI - Catholic who brutally cracked down on & executed hundreds of Protestants
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
England & Scotland:
- Edward VI - succeeded HVIII, welcomed Protestant refugees of Eur
- Calvinist refugees wanted to transform England
- Mary Tudor (1553-1558) - succeeded EVI - Catholic who brutally cracked down on & executed hundreds of Protestants
- Elizabeth (1558-1603) - returned England to Anglicanism, tolerated Catholics ruled over era of internal peace in England
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
England & Scotland:
- Edward VI - succeeded HVIII, welcomed Protestant refugees of Eur
- Calvinist refugees wanted to transform England
- Mary Tudor (1553-1558) - succeeded EVI - Catholic who brutally cracked down on & executed hundreds of Protestants
- Elizabeth (1558-1603) - returned England to Anglicanism, tolerated Catholics ruled over era of internal peace in England
- John Knox - Calvinist preacher who converted much of Scotland - set up future rel. conflict w/ England
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
- Schmalkaldic League, 1531 - alliance of Prot. princes & imperial cities of HRE aligned against the emperor
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
- Schmalkaldic League, 1531 - alliance of Prot. princes & imperial cities of HRE aligned against the emperor
- Schmalkaldic Wars - internal religious civil war in the HRE:
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
- Schmalkaldic League, 1531 - alliance of Prot. princes & imperial cities of HRE aligned against the emperor
- Schmalkaldic Wars - internal religious civil war in the HRE:
- involved Spaniards, French stayed neutral
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
- Schmalkaldic League, 1531 - alliance of Prot. princes & imperial cities of HRE aligned against the emperor
- Schmalkaldic Wars - internal religious civil war in the HRE:
- involved Spaniards, French stayed neutral
- early victories by emperor & occupation of Italian lands convinced pope & many former allies to turn against Charles V, fearing an all-powerful European Emperor
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
- Schmalkaldic League, 1531 - alliance of Prot. princes & imperial cities of HRE aligned against the emperor
- Schmalkaldic Wars - internal religious civil war in the HRE:
- involved Spaniards, French stayed neutral
- early victories by emperor & occupation of Italian lands convinced pope & many former allies to turn against Charles V, fearing an all-powerful European Emperor
- Peace of Augsburg, 1555:
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
- Schmalkaldic League, 1531 - alliance of Prot. princes & imperial cities of HRE aligned against the emperor
- Schmalkaldic Wars - internal religious civil war in the HRE:
- involved Spaniards, French stayed neutral
- early victories by emperor & occupation of Italian lands convinced pope & many former allies to turn against Charles V, fearing an all-powerful European Emperor
- Peace of Augsburg, 1555:- Charles forced to terms - Lutheranism off. accepted, Calvinism not, ecclesiastical territories permanently res’vd for Catholics - leader of territory chose the faith
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The German States
- Schmalkaldic League, 1531 - alliance of Prot. princes & imperial cities of HRE aligned against the emperor
- Schmalkaldic Wars - internal religious civil war in the HRE:
- involved Spaniards, French stayed neutral
- early victories by emperor & occupation of Italian lands convinced pope & many former allies to turn against Charles V, fearing an all-powerful European Emperor
- Peace of Augsburg, 1555:- Charles forced to terms - Lutheranism off. accepted, Calvinism not, ecclesiastical territories permanently res’vd for Catholics - leader of territory chose the faith
- Exhausted Charles V resigned as HRE
Wednesday, October 16, 2013