In the late fifteenth century, Italy became a battleground for the competing interests of Spain and France Who said, 'Christ is my God Cicero is the prince of the language.' Petrarch Corpus Hermeticum contained writings on the occult as well as theological and philosophical speculations. Machiavelli's the prince advocates that a successful ruler must Have a modern secular concept of power politics Italian Renaissance humanism in the early fifteenth century, above all else was based on the study of the Greco-Roman classics. The Peace of Lodi served to maintain peace between the Italian states for 40 years. Perhaps the most famous of Italian ruling woman was Isabella d'Este Federigo da Montefeltro of Urbino was an example of a skilled, intelligent, independent Italian warrior prince. Marriages in Renaissance Italy were an economic necessity of life involving complicated family negotiations By the fifteenth century, Italy was dominated by five major regional independent powers. Which of the following statements best describes marriage in Renaissance Italy Marriages were usually arranged, to strengthen familial alliances. The reintroduction of slavery in the fourteenth century occurred largely as a result of the shortage of labor created by the Black Death. The Third Estate of the fifteenth century was overwhelmingly made up of peasants Western Europe in the Renaissance saw a decline in serfdom Slavery in Renaissance Italy saw slaves from Africa and the eastern Mediterranean used mostly as courtly domestic servants and as skilled workers. Banquets during the Renaissance were used to express wealth and power of an aristocratic family. The aristocracy of the sixteenth century was to dominate society as it had done in the Middle Ages.

My Life on Purpose by Jack Castiglione