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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Polybius influenceOn Renaissance political theory
Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli philosophicalTradition Renaissance republicanism
linked to: Renaissance political theory