1.2: Italian Renaissance

Question 1

Galleys

Answer 1

A type of ship used for warfare, trade, and piracy

Question 2

Impact of Venetian Galleys (Venetian Flanders fleet)

Answer 2

Maintained a direct sea route from Venice to England and the Netherlands, coming in contact with the Hanseatic league

Question 3

Hanseatic League (Hansa)

Answer 3

An economic and military alliance of northern European trading cities that established a monopoly on trade in the Baltic and North seas; continued to prosper even after the Black Death when Italians lost their commercial preeminence

Question 4

The Hansa had a monopoly in what goods?

Answer 4

Timber, fish, grain, metals, honey,
and wines

Question 5

Trade in Italy during the 15th century

Answer 5

Dramatic recovery from the economic contractions of the 14th century

Question 5

Southern Outlet of Hansa in Flanders

Answer 5

Port city of Bruges

Question 5

Which industries grew/recovered during the 15th century?

Answer 5

Florentine woolen industry and luxury industries; silk, glassware, handworked metal and precious stones

Question 5

Which city played a major role in the founding of the Hanseatic
League?

Answer 5

Lubeck in Northern Germany; named “Queen of the Hansa”

Question 6

Why is Bruges significant?

Answer 6

Economic crossroads of Europe in the 14th century, serving as the meeting place between Hanseatic merchants and the Flanders Fleet of Venice

Question 7

How did entrepreneurs develop large mining operations to produce copper, iron, and silver?

Answer 7

New machinery and techniques for digging deeper mines, separating metals from ore, and purification; rich mineral deposits in central Europe

Question 7

Which new industries were created during the 15th century?

Answer 7

Printing, mining, and metallurgy

Question 7

Medici Family

Answer 7

A prestigious Italian banking family and political dynasty who held great power in Florence from the 15th century to the 18th century

Question 8

Social structure of Italy

Answer 8

Three estates: First estate (clergy), Second estate (nobility) and Third estate (peasants & townspeople)

Question 8

Baldassare Castiglione

Answer 8

An Italian Courtier and Renaissance author who wrote ‘The Book of the Courtier’ (1478~1529)

Question 8

Three basic attributes of the perfect courtier in “The Book of the Courtier”

Answer 8

Possess fundamental native endowments (capacities of a human being); Cultivate certain achievements, including military and artistic skills; Follow a standard of conduct (modest but proud of achievements

Question 8

What was largest and most respected bank during the 15th century?

Answer 8

House of Medici

Question 8

Which book expressed the ideals expected of the nobility and the aristocracy?

Answer 8

The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528

Question 9

Trends among the peasantry after the Black Death

Answer 9

Decline in manorial systems and continued elimination of serfdom

Question 9

Between 1444 and 1505, how many slaves were shipped from Africa?

Answer 9

140,000

Question 9

Proportion of urban society that were propertyless workers

Answer 9

30~40%

Question 10

Between 1414 and 1423, how many slaves were sold on the Venetian market?

Answer 10

10,000

Question 10

Structure of urban society

Answer 10

Patricians; Petty Burghers (shopkeepers, artisans etc.); Propertyless Workers

Question 10

In 1392, which merchant fathered an illegitimate daughter by Lucia, his twenty-year old slave?

Answer 10

Francesco Datini

Question 11

Which nation imported African Slaves for Southern European Markets?

Answer 11

Portugal

Question 12

How were marriages arranged?

Answer 12

Signing legally binding marriage contracts at a young age

Question 14

Dowry

Answer 14

Money given by the wife’s family to the husband upon marriage