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AP European History- Wadley > Chapter 10 Reading Quiz Notes > Flashcards

Chapter 10 Reading Quiz Notes Flashcards

1
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Venice

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originally ruled by successful merchant oligarchy

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2
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Grandi

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Old rich

-nobles and merchants who traditionally ruled venice

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Popolo Grosse

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Fat people

-newly rich merchant class

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4
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Popolo Minuto

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little people

-lower class

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5
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Ciompi Revolt

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uprising of the poor

-established chaotic 4 year reign

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Cosimo de Medici

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Florentine Banker and salesman who returned stability to Venice after the revolt
-controlled behind the scenes

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Signora

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6-8 member council that originally governed Venice

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Lorenzo the Magnificent

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Medici’s grandson

-ruled, totalitarian for the last quarter of 15th century

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9
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Podesta

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despot

-maintained law and order

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10
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Condottieri

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mercenary armies

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Humanism

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  • birth of modernity
  • catholics opposing Pagans
  • Neutral form of historical scholarship
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Paul O. Kristeller

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scholar who said humanism was educational program

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13
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Florentine Leonardo Bruni

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gave the name humanitas

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Francesco Petrarch

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father of humanism, wrote “Letters to the Ancient Dead:

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Dante Alighier

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wrote “vita Nuova” + “Divine Comedy”

-cornerstone of the Italian vernacular

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Pietro Paolo Vergerio

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author of the most influential Renaissance tract on Education

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Guarino da Verona

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rector of the new university of Ferrara

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18
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Christine de Pisan

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Italian daughter of Physician and astrologer French King Charles V

  • married @ 15
  • widowed mother of 3 at 27
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Manuel Chrysoloros

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Invited from Constantinople to Promote Greek learning

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20
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Council of Ferrara

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Florence

-negotiated the reunion of East and West churches

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21
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Florentine Academy

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informal gathering of Florentine humanists

22
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Platonism

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distinguished bw an eternal sphere of being and the perishable world in which humans live

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Civic humanism

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belief that education should promote individual virtue and public service

24
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Chiaroscuro

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use of shading to enhance naturalness

25
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Giotto

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Father of Renaissance painting

-natural world painter

26
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Leo da Vinci

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did everything lol

27
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Raphael

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madonna paintings

28
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Michaelangelo

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18 ft. sculpture of David, Sistene Chapel

29
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Treaty of Lodi

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bw Milan and Naples w Florence against Venice

30
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Charles VIII

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crossed the Alps and conquered Florence

31
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Girolamo Savonarola

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radical Dominican preacher that convinced Florentines that French invasion was overdue

  • ruled france for 4 years
  • imprisoned and executed May 1498
32
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Ferdinand of Argon

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created League of Venice

33
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Alexander VI

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most corrupt pope ever

34
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giuliano della Rovere

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Cardinal that became Pope Julius II

35
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Concordat of bologna

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gave French control over French clergy in exchange for French recognition of the pope’s superiority over church councils

36
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Niccolo Machiavelli

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writer of Renaissance, republican, wrote THE PRINCE

37
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Henry VII

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raised revenues wo parliament

38
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Gabelle

39
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Louis XI

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French, created postal system and silk industry

40
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Hermandad

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powerful leaugue of cities and towns that served them against stubborn noble landowners

41
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wars of roses

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house of york vs. lancaster

42
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Golden bull

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established 7 member electoral college

43
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Johann Gutenberg

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invented printing

44
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Erasmus

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most famous Northern humanist

45
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Rudolf Agricola

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father of German humanism

46
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Prince Henry

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captured North Africa

47
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Bartome de Las Casas

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Believed conquest was not necessary for conversion

48
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Encomienda

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formal grant of the right to the labor of indians

49
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Repartimiendo

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Required adult male indians to labor certain days

50
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Mita

51
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Charles I of Spain

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bought his election

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