My post was not about returning to medieval feudalism. It was about realizing that the Renaissance was a period of revolutionary change.
A new renaissance would mean another period of revolutionary change: years of war and destruction, upheaval in social, religious and political institutions. Those living through it would be experiencing the birth pangs of a new civilization.
Wishing for that is not the position of a conservative. If that is what you want, let me remind you of the Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times.”
- War has seldom been fun.
But the idiocy of the wars taking place on the Italian Peninsula during the Renaissance were, in part, highly laughable and ridiculous.
Most experts of this department of European history admit it is extremely difficult to figure out what the conflicts between these national leaders actually were all about. Probably, it was even more difficult for these rulers to understand themselves.
According to most sources, the troops of Cesare Borgia were very cruel. Not to speak of their commander himself.
However, a Renaissance Florentine like Luca Landucci author of “Diario Fiorentino dal 1450 al 1516”) actually viewed wars fought on Italian soil mainly being far too sissy in nature and also complained no real physical contact between the combatants took place.
Landucci, furthermore, called for the necessity of Italians
learning the art of true warfare from the nations north of Italy.
Apart from being an amateur historian, Landucci was a rather well off pharmacist.
Thanks to him, we today know young Florentine boys occasionally enjoyed playing some sort of football with the heads of newly decapitated criminals.