Renaissance political theory

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historical phenomenon intellectual movement political theory tradition

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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Label	Occurrences
Renaissance political theory canonical	1
Renaissance republicanism	1

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Predicate	Object
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedInRegion	England NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizesConcept	active citizenship ⓘ balance of powers ⓘ civic virtue ⓘ humanist education ⓘ mixed government ⓘ reason of state ⓘ republican liberty ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Coluccio Salutati NERFINISHED ⓘ Desiderius Erasmus NERFINISHED ⓘ Francesco Guicciardini NERFINISHED ⓘ Giovanni Botero NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Bodin NERFINISHED ⓘ Justus Lipsius NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonardo Bruni NERFINISHED ⓘ Niccolò Machiavelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Pietro Pomponazzi NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas More NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Causes of the Greatness and Magnificence of Cities NERFINISHED ⓘ Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Books of the Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ The Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ Utopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainPeriod	15th century ⓘ 16th century ⓘ
influenced	Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ early modern political thought ⓘ modern republican theory ⓘ theory of separation of powers ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Plato ⓘ Polybius NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman law tradition ⓘ Roman republicanism ⓘ classical Greek political thought ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse	English ⓘ French ⓘ Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
relatedMovement	Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ civic humanism ⓘ early modern republicanism ⓘ

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Polybius → influenceOn → Renaissance political theory ⓘ

Considerazioni intorno ai Discorsi del Machiavelli → philosophicalTradition → Renaissance political theory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Renaissance republicanism