Ch. 12

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

A French word meaning “rebirth”, used to rebirth of the culture of classical antiquity in Italy during the fourteenth to sixteenth century

Question 2

Patronage

Answer 2

Financial support of writers and artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific works/works of specific styles

Question 3

Communes

Answer 3

Sworn associates of free men in Italian cities led by merchant guilds that sought political and economic independence from local nobles

Question 4

Popolo

Answer 4

Common people deprived of privilege in Italian cities who resented their exclusion from power

Question 5

Signori

Answer 5

Government by one-man in Italian cities such as Milan also count these as rulers

Question 6

Courts

Answer 6

Magnificent households and palaces where signori and other rulers lived, conducted business, and supported the arts

Question 7

Christian Humantists

Answer 7

Northern humantists who interpreted Italian ideas about and attitudes toward classical antiquity and humanism in terms of their own religious traditions

Question 8

Debate about women

Answer 8

Debate among writers and thinkers in the Renaissance about women’s quality and proper role in society

Question 9

New Christians

Answer 9

A term for Jews and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula who accepted Christianity, in many cases they included Christians whose families had converted centuries earlier

Question 10

Humanism

Answer 10

A program of study designed by Italians that emphasized the critical study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of underestimating human nature

Question 11

Virtyú

Answer 11

The quality of being able to shape the world according to ones own will