Social Sciences and History / Unit 4 SSH 0301 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the Renaissance Began in Italy
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The idea
Northern Italy escaped the Hundred Years' War, sat under weak popes during the Schism, and was Europe's most urbanized region, trading with the East. Its merchants adopted double-entry bookkeeping and bills of exchange from the Arab world.
In practice
The Peace of Lodi in fourteen fifty-four, forty years of calm.
Where people slip
Milan's despots, Venice's Doge, and Florence's Medici were three different politics.
Your place on the trail
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