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The Renaissance

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Identiy/Explain six reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy   1. money/wealth 2. development of civic humanism 3. urban center; had never been heavily feudalized 4. strategic geographic location 5. influx of Greek immigrants 6. considered themselves to be natural heirs of the Ancient Romans  
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periodization   the attempt to categorize or divide time periods based on MAJOR features; it is often arbitrary and done for the convenience of the historians  
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Jacob Burckhardt   Philosopher who viewed believed the Renaissance represented new secular and scientific values  
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Francesco Petrarch   a poet and humanist who believed the Renaissance represented new secular and scientific values  
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Bourgeoisie   the middle, or Burgher, class which possessed the majority of control over the economy; they "made things happen" with their money (i.e. patronage)  
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Individualism   the driving ambition for success which drove people to complete achievement of their potential; a change from the "organic" views of the Middle Ages  
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"On the Dignity of Man"   written by Pico della Mirandola; "man's place in the universe may be somewhere between the beasts and the angels but there are no limits to what man can accomplish"; prime example of humanism  
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High Renaissance   time period during the Renaissance when artistic and scientific output was at its max; considered peak moment of the Renaissance  
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Secular   not belonging to a religious order; much of the work during the Renaissance took on a secular nature  
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Lorenzo Valla   attacked Medieval traditions and texts; revealed "Donation of Constantine" as a forgery in book "On the False Donation of Constantine"; defended predestination against free will  
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"On the False Donation of Constantine"   by Lorenzo Valla; demonstrates that anonymous 8th C. donation supposedly giving the papacy jurisdiction over cast territories in western Europe was a forgery  
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"The Decameron"   written by Boccaccio; contains 100 bawdy tales told by 3 men and 7 women in a safe country retreat away from the plague; a stinging social commentary and a sympathetic look at human behavior  
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Pope Leo X   known for granting indulgences for those who donated to the reconstruction of St. Peter's Basilica; challenged Martin Luther's 95 Theses; son of Lorenzo de' Medici  
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Pope Julius II   the warrior pope; papacy marked by active foreign policy, ambitious building projects and patronage of art; commissioned the Sistine Chapel  
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vernaculars   languages that are native to a region, i.e. French in France, Spanish in Spain, etc  
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