1500s: Renaissance thinkers, like Machiavelli, emphasize logic and rational pragmatism over religious ethics in political analysis
Today: Political campaigns are driven more and more by advertising and market research. This allows candidates to support only popular positions, often to the chagrin of voters who doubt the morality and ethics of political candidates.
1534: Giulio de Medici becomes the first in a long succession of Italian popes.
Today: Elected in 1978, Pope John Paul II remains the preeminent Roman Catholic leader. He was the first Polish.....
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