Ch. 12 Key Term Flashcards

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Renaissance

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A french word meaning rebirth, used to describe the rebirth of the culture of classical antiquity in Italy during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries

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patronage

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financial support of writers and artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific works or works in specific styles

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communes

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

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popolo

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disenfranchised common people in Italian cities who resented their exclusion from power

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signori

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government by one-man rule in Italian cities such as Milan; also refers to these rulers

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courts

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

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humanism

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

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virtu

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the quality of being able to shape the world according to one’s own will

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Christian humanists

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

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debate about women

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

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New Christians

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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

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