People's Education Edition compulsory 3 Lesson 6 "Renaissance and Religious Reform" ppt (1) Politics: business owners are in charge; (2) Policy: industrial and commercial development in various cities; heavy business policy encouraging the development of industrial and commercial; (3) Location: Mediterranean Shipping center. Florence is Italy's largest banking and handicraft center. In the 14th century, Florence's handicraft production began to differ from that of other parts of Europe. At that time, the handicraft industry in other parts of Europe was still shackled by the guild system, and capitalist production had begun to appear in Florence. Rich entrepreneurs set up workshops. There are dozens to hundreds of workers working in the factory. They take up different jobs according to their specialties and carry out relatively large-scale production. Some of the work is done by workers in their own homes. This has produced relatively large-scale enterprises.