1.2: Italian Renaissance Flashcards
Galleys
A type of ship used for warfare, trade, and piracy
Impact of Venetian Galleys (Venetian Flanders fleet)
Maintained a direct sea route from Venice to England and the Netherlands, coming in contact with the Hanseatic league
Hanseatic League (Hansa)
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
The Hansa had a monopoly in what goods?
Timber, fish, grain, metals, honey,
and wines
Trade in Italy during the 15th century
Dramatic recovery from the economic contractions of the 14th century
Southern Outlet of Hansa in Flanders
Port city of Bruges
Which industries grew/recovered during the 15th century?
Florentine woolen industry and luxury industries; silk, glassware, handworked metal and precious stones
Which city played a major role in the founding of the Hanseatic
League?
Lubeck in Northern Germany; named “Queen of the Hansa”
Why is Bruges significant?
Economic crossroads of Europe in the 14th century, serving as the meeting place between Hanseatic merchants and the Flanders Fleet of Venice
How did entrepreneurs develop large mining operations to produce copper, iron, and silver?
New machinery and techniques for digging deeper mines, separating metals from ore, and purification; rich mineral deposits in central Europe
Which new industries were created during the 15th century?
Printing, mining, and metallurgy
Medici Family
A prestigious Italian banking family and political dynasty who held great power in Florence from the 15th century to the 18th century
Social structure of Italy
Three estates: First estate (clergy), Second estate (nobility) and Third estate (peasants & townspeople)
Baldassare Castiglione
An Italian Courtier and Renaissance author who wrote ‘The Book of the Courtier’ (1478~1529)
Three basic attributes of the perfect courtier in “The Book of the Courtier”
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
What was largest and most respected bank during the 15th century?
House of Medici
Which book expressed the ideals expected of the nobility and the aristocracy?
The Book of the Courtier, published in 1528
Trends among the peasantry after the Black Death
Decline in manorial systems and continued elimination of serfdom
Between 1444 and 1505, how many slaves were shipped from Africa?
140,000
Proportion of urban society that were propertyless workers
30~40%
Between 1414 and 1423, how many slaves were sold on the Venetian market?
10,000
Structure of urban society
Patricians; Petty Burghers (shopkeepers, artisans etc.); Propertyless Workers
In 1392, which merchant fathered an illegitimate daughter by Lucia, his twenty-year old slave?
Francesco Datini
Which nation imported African Slaves for Southern European Markets?
Portugal
How were marriages arranged?
Signing legally binding marriage contracts at a young age
Dowry
Money given by the wife’s family to the husband upon marriage
