Chapter 12 Flashcards
1
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Renaissance
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French word for rebirth, described the rebirth of culture in Italy and Europe
2
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Patronage
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financial support of writer and artists by cities
3
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Communes
A
associations of free men in Italian cities
4
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popolo
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Disfranchised common people in Italy who resented there exclusion of power
5
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Signori
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government by one man rule in Italy
6
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courts
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palaces where signori lived
7
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humanism
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The study of Latin and Greek literature in understanding human nature
8
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virtu
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being able to shape the world
9
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Christian humanists
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Northern humanists who used Italian ideas on humanism in there own religions
10
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debate about women
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The debate among writes and thinker about women’s roles in society
11
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new christens
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Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity on the Iberian peninsula
