Changing Cultural Traditions History - Changing Cultural Traditions

When was humanism adopted in curriculum of the universities in Italy?

What kind of impression do you get about the status of women in business families?

How did the invention of printing press prove a deciding factor for the Renaissance movement?

What was the status of women in business families?

What were the thoughts of Balthasar Castiglione?

Which factors indicate success of nationstates?

What was the political system that emerged in nation-states?

Italian towns were the first to experience the ideas of humanism. Why?

Why did the movement break out against the Catholic Church?

What were the effects of Glorious Revolution?

What were the main characteristics of Renaissance?

Niccolo Machiavelli wrote about human nature in the fifteenth chapter of his book, The Prince (1513).
'So, leaving aside imaginary things, and referring only to those which truly exist, I say that whenever men are discussed (and especially princes, who are more exposed to view), they are noted for various qualities which earn them either praise or condemnation. Some, for example, are held to be generous, and others miserly. Some are held to be benefactors, others are called grasping; some cruel, some compassionate; one man faithless, another faithful; one man effeminate and cowardly, another fierce and courageous; one man courteous, another proud; one man lascivious, another pure; one guileless, another crafty; one stubborn, another flexible; one grave, another frivolous; one religious, another sceptical; and so forth.
Machiavelli believed that 'all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature partly because of the fact that human desires are insatiable'. The most powerful motive Machiavelli saw as the incentive for every human action is self-interest.
Questions:

1. Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?
2. Why was he famous for?
3. What did Niccolo Machiavelli believe in?

Compare the Venetian idea of good government with those in contemporary France.

On the map, mark and locate the following Italian States.
Rome, Venice, Padua, Genoa, Mantua and Florence.