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=**How did the city state of Florence reflect the Renaissance Worldview ?**= By: Quinn and Calder pg. 34-35


 * · Trade routes brought wealth
 * · Rising merchant class which eventually brought guilds about
 * · Developed a lot of banking and a new currency called the Florence
 * · A great number of famous renaissance people came from there i.e. Leonardo and Machiavelli
 * · Finance business helped the Pope so he gave the financiers papacy
 * · purchased other cities for money which gave them power
 * · Medici family controlled Florence they supported all types of Renaissance thinking i.e Leonardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo

Definitions: Humanism Worldview Guild Papacy

Summary: Florence reflected the Renaissance worldview in many ways. One of which was the idea of Humanism, This idea was that man is the center of the universe and can be perfected. Humanism was a main idea that people believed in during the renaissance. This was a huge part of the renaissance because it was humanism that made people think they should enjoy life and inquire about our world.

The people of Florence view of life was unique they were among the wealthiest people but were also very focused on science, religion, learning and the arts. They donated great sums of money to these causes while still living what they considered to be the good life of: work, knowledge and wealth. This reflected the renaissance worldview that humans should live life to the fullest and care for others.

Florence had all the necessary power, wealth, people, ideas, and lifestyle to be a renaissance city as well.