Renaissance political theory

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Renaissance political theory was a body of thought that revived and reinterpreted classical ideas about mixed government, civic virtue, and the balance of powers to address the political realities of early modern Europe.

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instanceOf historical phenomenon ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
political theory tradition ⓘ
addressesContext Italian city-states politics ⓘ
diplomatic rivalry among European powers ⓘ
monarchical centralization ⓘ
religious conflict in early modern Europe ⓘ
rise of territorial states in early modern Europe ⓘ
contrastsWith feudal political structures ⓘ
medieval scholastic political theory ⓘ
developedIn Renaissance ⓘ
developedInRegion England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
emphasizesConcept active citizenship ⓘ
balance of powers ⓘ
civic virtue ⓘ
humanist education ⓘ
mixed government ⓘ
reason of state ⓘ
republican liberty ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Coluccio Salutati ⓘ
Desiderius Erasmus ⓘ
Francesco Guicciardini ⓘ
Giovanni Botero ⓘ
Jean Bodin ⓘ
Justus Lipsius ⓘ
Leonardo Bruni ⓘ
Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ
Pietro Pomponazzi ⓘ
Thomas More ⓘ
hasKeyTheme citizen participation in government ⓘ
constitutional balance ⓘ
corruption and renewal of political orders ⓘ
education of the prince ⓘ
limits of princely power ⓘ
relationship between morality and politics ⓘ
role of fortune and virtue in politics ⓘ
secularization of political authority ⓘ
stability of republics and principalities ⓘ
use of history for political instruction ⓘ
hasKeyWork Discourses on Livy ⓘ
On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities ⓘ
Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex ⓘ
Six Books of the Commonwealth ⓘ
The Prince ⓘ
Utopia ⓘ
hasMainPeriod 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ
early modern political thought ⓘ
modern republican theory ⓘ
theory of separation of powers ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ
Roman law tradition ⓘ
Roman republicanism ⓘ
classical Greek political thought ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
relatedMovement Renaissance humanism ⓘ
civic humanism ⓘ
early modern republicanism ⓘ

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linked to: Renaissance political theory