... son after his death. She and the child were destroyed by Cassander; they were in his path to the throne."(16, 91) All throughout his empire Alexander built foundation cities, modeled after Greek cities, most named Alexandria. Within these cities he built; schools, libraries, and shops. The cities he built attracted ... also debate about his sexual preferences, because there is not much in history that tells about any lovers, only his wife. Many future leaders used Alexander's military and political strategies as role models. His greatest accomplishment was the Hellenization of the people...

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... clergy, who were becoming worldlier by the day. Even the papacy, the highest representative of God's church on Earth, had become almost mortally corrupted. Pope Clement VI's "luxurious court and gorgeous retinue were those of a secular prince, not a prince of the church- (Kelly 220). Even literature of ... many evils I do in God's sight, for I can easily get plenary remission of all guilt and penalty by an absolution and indulgence granted me by the pope, whose written grant I have bought for four or six pence, or have won as a stake for a game of tennis [with the pardoner]' (Durant ......

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... clergy, who were becoming worldlier by the day. Even the papacy, the highest representative of God's church on Earth, had become almost mortally corrupted. Pope Clement VI's "luxurious court and gorgeous retinue were those of a secular prince, not a prince of the church- (Kelly 220). Even literature of ... many evils I do in God's sight, for I can easily get plenary remission of all guilt and penalty by an absolution and indulgence granted me by the pope, whose written grant I have bought for four or six pence, or have won as a stake for a game of tennis [with the pardoner]' (Durant ......

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... some humanistic ideals into his innovatory view of the state. Machiavelli stressed the need to conquer new lands and for princes to maintain their power through any means necessary, using Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia, and Julius II as his primary examples. He modeled his treatise on that of Aristotle's Politics, and his premise of how princes should conduct themselves morally was ... become a successful and longstanding political leader. This respect for the individual thinker was a definite humanistic reference. Humanistic thought did not flourish in Rome until the papacy of Pope Nichol...

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