Ch 12: The Renaissance Flashcards
_______________ paved a path for the Renaissance
Economic growth
Support/financial aid of an artist by a group, city, or person
Patronage
Italian city where the Renaissance began
Florence
How did Florence become wealthy?
Trade
Why did the wealth of Italian cities spark the Renaissance?
More wealth meant more money to invest in luxuries like art
Associates of free men who began to seek political, and economic independence from local nobles
Communes
North Italian nobles and __________ formed a powerful oligarchy
Merchants
Term for the common people of Italy
Popolo
Military leaders called in by merchant oligarchies
Condottieri
System where one man rules a city and passed on rule to his son
Signori
Lavish households where signori and oligarchs lived and conducted business, displayed wealth, and supported the arts
Courts
What five powers dominated Italy and competed for territory?
Venice, Milan, Florence, the Papal States, and Naples
Although Venice was a republic in name it was actually ran by an ____________ of merchants
Oligarchy
Milan was ruled harshly by which signori family?
Sforza family
Florence was run by what infamous and powerful family?
Medici
Florence became the _____________ ruled by the Medici’s
Grand duchy of Tuscanny
Most ______ came from powerful families and were chosen for political skills rather than piety
Popes
Who was the first Spanish pope? He re asserted papal authority in papal lands
Pope Alexander VI
The son of pope Alexander who aided him ruthlessly
Cesare Borgia
One of the greatest political achievements of the era was modern __________
Diplomacy
Florence and Naples agreed to acquire the _________territories
Milanese
Who did Milan ask for support against Florence and Naples? He invaded Italy
French King Charles VIII
Who predicted that God would punish Italy for its vice and corruption?
Girolamo Savanorala
Florentines interpreted the French invasion as a fulfillment of savanarolas prophecy and expelled the ___________ dynasty
Medici