Agricultural Revolution Flashcards
What is Antiquity?
Ancient
What was the agricultural revolution?
It increased the production of agriculture by bringing in new ways of farming and new tools. (Heavy plow and three-fields system). It also made it so less people could be farmers, because the production of food increase.
What is an aristocrat?
The ruling class,
What is an artisan?
Crafters, sold services, 1425
What was the bill of exchange?
Made it so you can exchange one currency for another.
Wo was Botticelli?
The artist who burned his work for religion
Who was Brunelleschi?
Italian artist and engineer
What is Catholicism?
The body of the catholic faith
What is Christendom?
The worldwide Christian community
Who was Leonardo de Vinci?
Great renaissance man, humanist, inventor.
What was a Duomo?
Formal word for church
What was the Benedictine rule?
The rules for monks
What was Feudalism?
It was a system that controlled the military, political power, and land. It was a system where the ruler could trade land to people for there total devotion to him. The people who received the land were vassals, and the land were called fiefs.
What was Florence?
The capital city of italy.
What were florins?
The currency in Italy
