Transcript 10th Euro Studies 9.29.14

10th Euro Studies 9.30.14
Turn in:
•
1 paragraph summary of the
episode.
Take out:
 Planner, pen, paper, notes…
Today’s objective:
 I can describe how the time
period following the Middle
Ages began to take shape and
lay the foundation for a modern
world.
Today’s Agenda:
•Wrapping up The
Godfathers of the
Renaissance
•Leadership
HW:
• In-class (HW): Personality
Test with a synopsis of your
results…ON YOUR WAY
OUT!
The Godfathers of the Renaissance
• Savonarola—The Bonfire of the Vanities
– Keep in mind the Dominican Order…very conservative
– The Medici are banished …for now
• Michelangelo—begins to try to distance himself from the
Medici… “David”
• Pope Julius II—sympathetic to the plight of the Medici, helps
them raise an army
• Medici troops are marching, and a political mastermind is asked
to prepare Florence’s defense.
– Ends badly for?
The Godfathers of the Renaissance
• Pope Leo X (let’s remember this guy!)—Giovanni
de’Medici took a while, but another “Medici”
Pope…
• Political mind tries to gain favor of the Medici, but
is exiled…he has some time for writing…
• Leo X has a bit of a reputation for “indulgences”
• Pope Clement VII—cousin of Giovanni another
Medici Pope!
• Catherine married off to a French king…
The Godfathers of the Renaissance
• Duke of Florence is murdered—his cousin, another Cosimo
takes his place (17 years old)
• Marries a Spanish princess…brings an army as a dowry
– Cosimo uses it to conquer his neighbors—Siena falls, the rest of Tuscany
falls in line.
• Cosimo uses art to publicize his success.
– Vasari ordered to create works of art, an area for a centralized
administration (Uffizi), and caps off his career with the first work of “Art
History” by compiling the “Lives of the Artists”
• As practices begin to collide with the Church, the Medici choose
the Church
– The innovation has waned and the Renaissance in Italy begins to fade—
yet is it still present.
– Other families attempted, but none matched the legacy of the Medici,
GODFATHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE
Leadership (5 minutes)
• In your groups, on a piece of
paper identify some positions
that call for leadership
qualities. Think broadly- a
coach, a president, leader of a
corporation etc…
Now one member from group write
what they came up with on the white
board.
(3 minutes)
• Let’s discuss…what do these positions have in
common as far as leadership?
• Keep in mind characteristics that you
agree/disagree with…
Niccolo Machiavelli
• One of his most well known
quotes:
The original in Italian : “si
guarda al fine”
• Often translated as “the end
justifies the means.”
• But also can be translated as:
"and in the actions of all men,
and especially of princes,
where there is no impartial
arbiter, one must consider the
final result."
• http://personality-testing.info/tests/MACHIV.php
• In-class (HW): Personality Test with a synopsis
of your results
– What was your score?
– What would Machiavelli have to say about you?
– What are your thoughts on your results?
Everyone sees what you
appear to be , few feel what
you are, and those few will
not dare to oppose
themselves to the many
For the vulgar is always
taken by appearances and
the issue of the event; and
the world consists only of
the vulgar, and the few who
are not vulgar are isolated
when the many have a rally
point in the prince.
...one ought to be both feared and
loved….but it is much safer to be
feared than loved because ...love
is preserved by the link of
obligation which, owing to the
baseness of men, is broken at
every opportunity for their
advantage; but fear preserves you
by a dread of punishment which
“and in the actions of
men, and especially of
princes…the end
justifies the means.”
Introduction: “Break with Medieval
Political Theory”
• What is politics (or the state) to Machiavelli?
• What should “The Prince” or any other leader
be concerned with?
• What do you think the Church might have
thought of Machiavelli’s writings? Why?
• Discuss in your group and answer each
question in at least one complete sentence
(this will be turned in)
Machiavelli and the birth of modern
politics
• “Machiavellian” has made its way into the English
language as an adjective that means:
characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning,
deception, expediency, or dishonesty.
• After a careful reading of an excerpt from The
Prince and as well understanding more about
Machiavelli’s personal history and the reality of
Italian politics of the 1400s, do you think this
definition accurately describes Machiavelli’s
political philosophy?
10th Euro Studies 9.30.14
Turn in:
•
1 paragraph summary of the
episode.
Take out:
 Planner, pen, paper, notes…
Today’s objective:
 I can describe how the time
period following the Middle
Ages began to take shape and
lay the foundation for a modern
world.
Today’s Agenda:
•Wrapping up The
Godfathers of the
Renaissance
•Leadership
HW:
• In-class: Personality Test
with a synopsis of your
results…ON YOUR WAY
OUT!