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Flashcards for Chapter 10 of The Western Heritage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The cultural center of the Italian Renaissance | Florence |
| Italy was a ___________ nation. Composed of many city-states. | divided |
| What Italian is the most responsible for the French invasion of Italy in 1495? | Ludovico il Moro |
| Name Three Italian Renaissance artists | Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo |
| Name the 4 social classes in Italian city-states. | Old Rich, Grandi; newly rich merchants, popolo grosso; middle burgher; peasants, poplo minuto |
| Who was the wealthiest family in florence? | the Medici Family |
| What were Condottieri? | military brokers who got customers mercenary armies. |
| What was Humanism? | Modernity, driven by an un-Christian philosophy that stressed the dignity of humankind, individualism, and secular values |
| What did the studia humanitatis embrace? | It embraced the liberal arts and study of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, politics, and moral philosophy. |
| Who was the Father of Humanism? | Francesco Petrarch |
| What was "The Leters to the Ancient Dead"? | The study of ancient Rome |
| Who created "Vita Nuova" and "Divine Comedy"? | Dante Alighieri |
| What are liberal studies? | Stuies that are worthy of a free man. |
| What was the Florentine "Academy"? | The migration of many scolars moving to Florence to escape the Turks after the fall of Constantinople. |