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Renaissance

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What years did the renaissance happen   1375 - 1527  
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From what crises was europe recovering during the late middle ages   recovering from losses in population bc of black death and political crisis of uncentralized monarchies  
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What place did the vernacular have in general communication?   used to communicate literature and politics  
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what impact did imported american gold and silver have on science, military, and economics   it spurred scientific invention, new weapons industry, African slave trade  
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what did Buckhardt argue about the renaissance?   that it was a period the gave new importance to science + secular values and individualism where rational thought instead of religious  
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list 4 main characteristics of renaissance europe   *transition from medieval to modern times, centralized govs, economy based on commerce, people/gov control culture  
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what made italy geographically unique   natural gateway between east and west  
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what happened to italian city states in 13th and 14th centuries?   became powerful bc of trade and eventually controlled rest of italy  
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How did merchant oligarchies become strengthened?   warfare between pope's forces and emperor's forces weakened both groups, allowing oligarchies to seize power  
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Name the 5 major competitive states in Italy   Milan, Florence, Venice, Papal states, kingdom of naples  
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What was the ciompi revolt   uprising of poor in florence (feud between old rich and new rich, anarchy after black death, collapse of banking houses)  
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Why did the cities develop despotisms? *tyrannical rule   social strife + competition for political power caused it  
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Who ruled venice?   mechant oligarchy made of a patrician senate a and a juficical body called council of 10  
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describe 4 distincive rivaling social classes in florence   grandi (rich nobles + merchants), popolo grosso (newly rich merhants), middle burgher (small business people), popolo minuto (poor)  
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Who was Cosimo de Medici?   wealthiest florentine statesman who controlled the city by secretly controlling the signoria  
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define signoria   governing council of powerful men representing different guilds  
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what was the podesta?   despot whose main job was to maintain law + prder in city so business could continue  
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what were condottieri?   military brokers who provided the despot with mercenary armies  
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what elements of society promoted renaissance culture?   despots, republicans, secularized popes because they all wanted to increase reputation  
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what was the main ingredient for patronage   great wealth  
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define humanism   scholarly study of latin/greek classics both for its own sake + to revive ancient values  
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how did scholastics differ from humanists   scholastics believed in tradition and authority, humanists classical and more open minded  
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who is francisco petrarch and what did he write   father of humanism, (letters to the ancient dead, love sonnets)  
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Who was dante alighieri   early humanist whose writings helped form italian vernacular literature  
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Who wrote the decameron? what was it about   giovanni boccaccio, effects of black death in florence  
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what was the goal of humanist studies   to acquire wisdom and move others to desire it  
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what should a successful courtier be like and who created this idea?   one who has knowledge of ancient languages, military, athletics, music, has high moral character. created by casatiglione in book of courtier  
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Christine de Pisan =   italian noblewoman who wrote treasure of the city of ladies which listed accomplishmnets of women in history  
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What was the florentine academy?   gathering of florentine humanists who studied works of plato  
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why was platonism appealing to humanists   it flattered human nature, emphasized eternal reasoning and morals talked about eternal sphere of being  
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What is the oration on the dignity of man?   famous introduction to pico's (humanist) other writing that talks about human nature + how humans have freedom to be powerful or poor  
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how did humanists become critics of tradition   guided by historical texts + scholarly ideals that conflcted with traditional bodies like church  
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why was valla popular among protestants   his expose on the Donation of constantine and his defense of predestination against free will supporters  
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what great protestant reformer was influenced by humanists?   martin luther  
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according to humanists, what is the purpose of education/civic humanism   to promote individual virtue and public service  
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how was idea of civic humanism used in florence   3 humanist chancellors used rhetorical skills to rally florentines against naples + milan  
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what are the 2 sides of humanism   deep scholarship and practical politics  
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why did the laity takeon a leading role in education, culture and religion   the church lost power during late m ages. more educated lay, more in gov  
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what timeframe is considered the high renaissance   1450-1527  
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how did ren art differ from medieval art   focused on natural world  
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what is chiascuro and linear perspective   SHADING, asdjusting size to look more realsitic  
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who is giotto and what did he do   father of renaissance painting, painted a more natural world  
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what made da vinci a true renaissance man   "the universal person" had many skill sets  
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Which work of art is considered a perfect example of renaissance art   school of athens by raphael  
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which work of art by michaelangelo considered perfect harmony   david  
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what did pope julius II commision micheaelangelo to paint   frescoes in vaticans sistine chapel  
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what is mannerism   style of art more complex than high ren with more abnormalities, more freedom to artist  
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what caused demand for slaves to soar   black death reduced labor supply  
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how common were slaves   very common in every household  
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What was the treaty of lodi   italian treaty that brought milan and naples into alliance with florence so italy could be united against foreign  
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Who was ludovico il Moro? what was his mistake   milanese despot who allied with french against naples, but mistake was that france wanted milan  
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how did charles Viii repond to luduvicos call   fast,  
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what was the league of venice   venice, papal states, french emperor maximilian, ferdinand of aragon, allied these groups against french invasion  
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who was considered the most corrupt pope?   alexander VI, used his papal power to get poltical careers for kids+ secure romagna  
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why was julius ii known as warrior pope   very secular + military papacy  
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how did erasmus portray Julius II   mocked him in satire julius exculded fROM heaveN  
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what were julius;s main accomplisments   drove venetians out of romagna , helped form 2nd holy league, drove france out of italy  
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what did the concordat of bologna grant francis I   control over the french clergy in exchange for saying the pope was more poweful than church councils  
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what was the result of concordat?   set stage for habsburg valois wars  
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who was machiavelli? what did he believe   italian humanist who said rulers should be harsh and ruthless  
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what did machiavelli say was answer to italy's problems   to stop fighting + unite italy  
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what is virtu   ability to make heroic decisions for good of people  
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who did machiavelli write prince for?   lorenzo de medici  
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what happened to gov after 1450   fuedal monarchies -> centralized monarchies  
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who allied with king   towns  
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how did warfare change in 15 and a16th centuries   armies became national/professional, used artillery  
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what was the taille   french tax on peasantry  
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what were 2 cornerstones of french nation building in 15th centry   collapse of english empire after 100 years war, defeat of burgundy  
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strong nation is a 2 edged sword meaning?   nation can harm others and itself as welll; france became too powerful  
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what unified spain   marriage between isabella and ferdinand  
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what were isabella and ferdinand;s main accomplishments   subdued nobility, secured borders, military conquests, christianized spain  
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what made spain a dominant power in 16th century   anti french marriage alliances  
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what was the war of roses who on   conflict between rival branches of english royal families yorks and and lancasters over who should get throne; lancasters  
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what dynasty dominated england   tudor dynasty  
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how did henry vii unite england   brought rival royal famlies together through marriage  
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what was the golden bull?   agreement btwn german territories + emperor that established 7 member electoral college that elected emperor  
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what was the reichstag   imperial diet that had more rep for small cities to stop fueding  
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how did northern humanism connect to reformation   created climate favorable to relgious and education reforms taht the reformation promoted  
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what was the distinctive culture of norhtern humanists   diverse backgrounds, wrote for laypeople, anti church  
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what is necessary for kingdom to be properly goverened   for officials to be educated  
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significance of printing press   more educated lay people, spreads ideas, harder for church to influence,  
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What did erasmus aspire to unite?   classsical humanist ideas with pure christian ideals  
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what does the phrase philosophia christi mean   simple, ethical piety in imitation of christ  
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why was the church unhappy with erasmus   unhapy with his improvements on bible  
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who is the father of german humanism   rudolf agricola  
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what was the reuchlin affiar   reuchlin (pro jew christian) was attacked by an anti jew christian. lots of german humanists defended him  
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how did italian learning get to england?   english scholars who took trips to italy  
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who is the best known english humanist, what did he write   thomas more, wrote utopia  
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how did italian learning spread to france   french invasions in italy  
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how did spanish humanism differ from eng/french/german   it promoted strict catholicism  
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why did henry the navigator from portugal explore the african coast   wanted gold + spices + spread christianity  
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what was the financial center of europe prior to exploring   venice, it had access  
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waht did columbus voyage mark beginning of   more than 3 centuries of spanish emprei in americas  
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what did conquests of aztecs and incas have in common?   small, armed forces take huge empires, marked beginning of transformation of S Am into latin america  
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WHAT DID ROMAN catholic priests hope to do in america   convert natives to christianity  
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who was bartolome de las casas   dominican clergyman who criticized spanish treatment of natives in black legend  
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what were the 3 major parts of colonial ecnomy in latin america   mining, agriculture, shipping  
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what was the hacienda   large estate owned by spanish people  
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what is encomienda system   grant to the right to the labor of specific #natives for a period of time  
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define repartimiento   labor tax that required adult male indians to work for a spanish business for some days each yr  
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what happened to the native population of new spain?   died from european viruses  
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impact of spices and precious metals on europe   rise in prices and coinage --> inflation  
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what did new wealth allow gov to do?   sponser basic research in printing, shipping, mining  
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how did social divisions indirectly prepare way for reformation   made people criticize tradition and be more open to new ideas  
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