Why did the Renaissance start in Italy (Short Animated Documentary)
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Date: 2024-12-19
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r13hd22
So much about this is false. Italy was riddled with MANY wars during this time. not only did one of the most powerful families in Italy becomes so from being a MERCINARY fighting for other Italian lords, he took over part of Italy (Malan) and set himself up as a Duke. the Sforza's. The pope, had an army and during the renaissance tried to take over Italy through-out the period, creating the Papal States in the center of Italy.
During the renaissance the plague comes to Florence AS the rich are using their wealth for art, namely, the De Medici family and they are driven out of the city by their enemies and came back and took it by FORCE. During this time not only is the Pope warring in Italy, France invades several times wanting to remove the pope and set up a puppet pope that will support them.
There is only one central reason why the Renaissance happens in Italy and it can be summed up with one single family. The De Medici. It is due to them patronizing almost every single great artist and thinker of the period that causes other wealthy families to do the same to gain clout. Without the De Midici, it does not happen. They literally made it all happen even creating the colleges that churned out many of them.
Speaking of Sfoza's and De Medici. Caterina Sforza's land was between Florence and Venice, Caterina was married to a De Medici and Venice, went to war with Florence and so, having to pass through her lands to get to them, attacked. They won the first battle. then she crushed them and forced them back. They then had to go around her lands to the north and ended up attacking everyone along the way. Her lands, which were in the north of Italy were later conquered. by the Pope's son.
Anyway, there is a reason why there are so many documentaries like The De Medici, The grandfathers of the renaissance and House of Medici: The Dynasty That Shaped the Renaissance.
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So much about this is false. Italy was riddled with MANY wars during this time. not only did one of the most powerful families in Italy becomes so from being a MERCINARY fighting for other Italian lords, he took over part of Italy (Malan) and set himself up as a Duke. the Sforza's. The pope, had an army and during the renaissance tried to take over Italy through-out the period, creating the Papal States in the center of Italy.
During the renaissance the plague comes to Florence AS the rich are using their wealth for art, namely, the De Medici family and they are driven out of the city by their enemies and came back and took it by FORCE. During this time not only is the Pope warring in Italy, France invades several times wanting to remove the pope and set up a puppet pope that will support them.
There is only one central reason why the Renaissance happens in Italy and it can be summed up with one single family. The De Medici. It is due to them patronizing almost every single great artist and thinker of the period that causes other wealthy families to do the same to gain clout. Without the De Midici, it does not happen. They literally made it all happen even creating the colleges that churned out many of them.
Speaking of Sfoza's and De Medici. Caterina Sforza's land was between Florence and Venice, Caterina was married to a De Medici and Venice, went to war with Florence and so, having to pass through her lands to get to them, attacked. They won the first battle. then she crushed them and forced them back. They then had to go around her lands to the north and ended up attacking everyone along the way. Her lands, which were in the north of Italy were later conquered. by the Pope's son.
Anyway, there is a reason why there are so many documentaries like The De Medici, The grandfathers of the renaissance and House of Medici: The Dynasty That Shaped the Renaissance.
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alperkaanbilir1776
The Crusades, obviously. Italian city states made huge sums of money by transporting soldiers, horses and pilgrims to Palestine. They turned many Byzantine and Turkish territories into colonies: Genoa and Venice gained Cyprus, Crete, almost all islands in the Aegean sea, parts of Greece, wealthy cities in Western and Northern Anatolia like Smyrna, and colonies in Crimea. They also plundered Constantinople. Simultaneously they eliminated Muslim competition and established a monopoly over Mediterranean trade.
But what to do with all that wealth People couldn't fly to the Maldives for a vacation back then and you can only buy so much Indian spices and Arabian perfumes before you get sick of the stuff. So they started funding architects, glassmakers and sculpturers, to build increasingly lavish cathedrals and mansions; and hiring painters to make nudes of their mistresses (disguised as portraits of mythological figures like Helen or Venus)
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The Crusades, obviously. Italian city states made huge sums of money by transporting soldiers, horses and pilgrims to Palestine. They turned many Byzantine and Turkish territories into colonies: Genoa and Venice gained Cyprus, Crete, almost all islands in the Aegean sea, parts of Greece, wealthy cities in Western and Northern Anatolia like Smyrna, and colonies in Crimea. They also plundered Constantinople. Simultaneously they eliminated Muslim competition and established a monopoly over Mediterranean trade.
But what to do with all that wealth People couldn't fly to the Maldives for a vacation back then and you can only buy so much Indian spices and Arabian perfumes before you get sick of the stuff. So they started funding architects, glassmakers and sculpturers, to build increasingly lavish cathedrals and mansions; and hiring painters to make nudes of their mistresses (disguised as portraits of mythological figures like Helen or Venus)
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chequereturned
Another factor was the competition between those many city states - all keen to outclass the others and patronise better and greater artworks and thinkers they could afford. A similar patchwork of competitors who shared a similar culture and language that allowed the same people of talent to move between them was at play in major periods of classical Greece, India and China, and Sumer. Northern Italy was hardly peaceful throughout, though - there were the wars in Lombardy, continual wars between the maritime republics, etc. The High Renaissance saw the Italian Wars - these are blamed for ending the Renaissance but they also spanned several decades during which the Renaissance evolved and continued throughout, and near the beginning of them some of its greatest achievements.
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Another factor was the competition between those many city states - all keen to outclass the others and patronise better and greater artworks and thinkers they could afford. A similar patchwork of competitors who shared a similar culture and language that allowed the same people of talent to move between them was at play in major periods of classical Greece, India and China, and Sumer. Northern Italy was hardly peaceful throughout, though - there were the wars in Lombardy, continual wars between the maritime republics, etc. The High Renaissance saw the Italian Wars - these are blamed for ending the Renaissance but they also spanned several decades during which the Renaissance evolved and continued throughout, and near the beginning of them some of its greatest achievements.
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JustinMinckley
Got a good laugh at the Soviet figures moving their eyes to stare at the audience when you did the self-own. So random but it makes the laugh that much better. I honestly believe that all of these reasons are true, and to drive it home, i think because a lot of this was rational and due to practical reasons, there probably wasn't a renaissance. It was just healing and gradual growing back into how things were before Rome originally declined.
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Got a good laugh at the Soviet figures moving their eyes to stare at the audience when you did the self-own. So random but it makes the laugh that much better. I honestly believe that all of these reasons are true, and to drive it home, i think because a lot of this was rational and due to practical reasons, there probably wasn't a renaissance. It was just healing and gradual growing back into how things were before Rome originally declined.
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davidharris453
Absolutely hilarious and inciteful in both senses of that word. Let me add a few more elements. the arrival of the chinese treasure fleet in italy and the constant inter action with the muslim world. These experiences injected incredible shots of knowledge and information into once closed societies and literally blew the top off the idea that westerners had a lock on superiority in any way, shape or form. Wish it had lasted.
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Absolutely hilarious and inciteful in both senses of that word. Let me add a few more elements. the arrival of the chinese treasure fleet in italy and the constant inter action with the muslim world. These experiences injected incredible shots of knowledge and information into once closed societies and literally blew the top off the idea that westerners had a lock on superiority in any way, shape or form. Wish it had lasted.
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legacyvaultchannel
The Renaissance beginning in Italy makes perfect sense when you consider its unique combination of wealth, geography, and history. The city-states like Florence and Venice were economic powerhouses due to their trade networks, which brought in not just money but also ideas from across the Mediterranean and beyond. This video does a great job explaining how that environment fostered creativity and innovation.
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The Renaissance beginning in Italy makes perfect sense when you consider its unique combination of wealth, geography, and history. The city-states like Florence and Venice were economic powerhouses due to their trade networks, which brought in not just money but also ideas from across the Mediterranean and beyond. This video does a great job explaining how that environment fostered creativity and innovation.
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nbarrett100
Would love to see a video asking if Orsen Wells in The Third Man was right when he said In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce The cuckoo clock!
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Would love to see a video asking if Orsen Wells in The Third Man was right when he said In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce The cuckoo clock!
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yorktown99
It's worth noting that the Italians fully switched over to Arabic-derived numerals and adopted early forms of Algebra from the Muslims while at the same time inventing the beginnings of modern finance, accounting, debt securitization, combinatorics/probability, and surety insurance bonds. It was a revolution in applied mathematics.
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It's worth noting that the Italians fully switched over to Arabic-derived numerals and adopted early forms of Algebra from the Muslims while at the same time inventing the beginnings of modern finance, accounting, debt securitization, combinatorics/probability, and surety insurance bonds. It was a revolution in applied mathematics.
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EinarEle
Not the Fall of Constantinople, which was in 1453, but the Byzantines losing Battle of Manzikert to the Seljuks in 1071 in what is now eastern Turkey. The resultant loss of territory and subsequent continued encroachment saw the displacement of many who retreated westrward.
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Not the Fall of Constantinople, which was in 1453, but the Byzantines losing Battle of Manzikert to the Seljuks in 1071 in what is now eastern Turkey. The resultant loss of territory and subsequent continued encroachment saw the displacement of many who retreated westrward.
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nel7105
Nick: I saved many Socratic books from the barbaric Turks who wanted to burn our history!
Lorenzo: what’s a socrates
Nick: let me translate it for you
Lorenzo: I DISCOVERED THIS UNDER THE PERFECT CONDITIONS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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Nick: I saved many Socratic books from the barbaric Turks who wanted to burn our history!
Lorenzo: what’s a socrates
Nick: let me translate it for you
Lorenzo: I DISCOVERED THIS UNDER THE PERFECT CONDITIONS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE
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Carewolf
What about the fall of Muslim spain, and the inquisition, apparently many scholars fled, just like from Byzantium, and some of those moved to the universities in Italy, which leads to the final point. The oldest universities being in Italy
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What about the fall of Muslim spain, and the inquisition, apparently many scholars fled, just like from Byzantium, and some of those moved to the universities in Italy, which leads to the final point. The oldest universities being in Italy
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princethind799
Thank you for providing translated audios in the videos! though a bit robotic, I greatly appreciate you putting the effort to put other language tracks, specifically, I benefit a lot from the french language tracks! merci beacoup!
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Thank you for providing translated audios in the videos! though a bit robotic, I greatly appreciate you putting the effort to put other language tracks, specifically, I benefit a lot from the french language tracks! merci beacoup!
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AreaMan-et8op
I never noticed before how some low effort, two-dimensional, unexpressive, basic drawrings which look nothing like the people they were supposed to have dominated History Matters. But now that I know I can't stop noticing.
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I never noticed before how some low effort, two-dimensional, unexpressive, basic drawrings which look nothing like the people they were supposed to have dominated History Matters. But now that I know I can't stop noticing.
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nexeos
Peace in norhern Italy only until the French and Austrians started marching in 40 years later, and then it's open season. Pick a side and go to town. You could even switch sides multiple times for fun. League of cambrai, anyone
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Peace in norhern Italy only until the French and Austrians started marching in 40 years later, and then it's open season. Pick a side and go to town. You could even switch sides multiple times for fun. League of cambrai, anyone
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ShaneH42
Another angle: the Renaissance wasn’t an Italian thing and a parallel cultural shift happened in Northern Europe. This video really needed to acknowledge the difference between Renaissance and the Italian Renaissance
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Another angle: the Renaissance wasn’t an Italian thing and a parallel cultural shift happened in Northern Europe. This video really needed to acknowledge the difference between Renaissance and the Italian Renaissance
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I_am_MaX_Frost
It's probably just what happens if ppl are actually not at war.
(nor involved in military operations, exportations of democracy nor establishing resources material flows. Just to be clear)
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It's probably just what happens if ppl are actually not at war.
(nor involved in military operations, exportations of democracy nor establishing resources material flows. Just to be clear)
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TheHylianBatman
James Bisonette was actually in a video! Yeah!
That was a funny moment in this great video!
I'd always heard it was Byzantium, these other factors are a cool development. Thanks!
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James Bisonette was actually in a video! Yeah!
That was a funny moment in this great video!
I'd always heard it was Byzantium, these other factors are a cool development. Thanks!
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frigginjerk
Woah, self-referential fourth-wall break. . Anyway, the fifth reason is that northern Italy had generous financial backing from James Bisonette (but not, unfortunately, Kelly Moneymaker.
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Woah, self-referential fourth-wall break. . Anyway, the fifth reason is that northern Italy had generous financial backing from James Bisonette (but not, unfortunately, Kelly Moneymaker.
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broccolinyu911
0: 31 least toxic twitter conversation.
Also I love how James Bisonette is now officially canon within the History Matters universe. guy must feel like a legend XD
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0: 31 least toxic twitter conversation.
Also I love how James Bisonette is now officially canon within the History Matters universe. guy must feel like a legend XD
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joshuabessire9169
I think the main reason the Renaissance happened in Italy is the great families had a rivalry. The Medicis and Borgias couldn't be outclassed by the Bisonettes.
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I think the main reason the Renaissance happened in Italy is the great families had a rivalry. The Medicis and Borgias couldn't be outclassed by the Bisonettes.
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