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Chapter 12- Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance Flashcards

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1
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when was the renaissance?

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1300s-1600s

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when did the renaissane spread to Northern Europe

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around 1450

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Renaissance culture applied almost exclusively to who?

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the upper classes

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what three northern Italian city-states developed national trade.

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Venice,Genoa, Milan

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what is a commenda

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A contract between a merchant and someone who agrees to take their goods to distant locations for some of the profits.

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why didn’t Italy unify politically

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competition among city states

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when did the downfall of the city states happen

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late 1400s early 1500s

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What family dominated the Republic of Florence

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The medici family

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who was the most powerful medici

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cosimo de medici

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What was notable about Lorenzo the Magnificent

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He was perhaps the greatest patron of the arts

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who was the main family in Milan

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the Sforza family

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who were the two major enemies of Milan

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venice and florence

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What was the treaty that created a 40 year period of relative peace in northern Italy in

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The Peace of Lodi (1454)

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In which city state did popes serve as religious and political leaders, and controlled much of central Italy

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Rome(the Papal States)

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what was the longest lasting Italian city state and the greatest maritime power in Italy

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Rome(the Papal States)

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Which city state was known as the kingdom of two Sicilies

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Naples

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What was the only Italian city state to officially have a king

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Naples

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Which city state was controlled by France and Spain

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Naples

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When did the french invasions of Italy begin

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1494

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Italy became a battle ground for what two outside countries

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France and Spain

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What symbolized the end of the Renissance in Italy

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the sack of rome (1557)

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What is Humanism

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Strong belief in individualism and the great potential of human beings

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what is Virtú

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the quality of being a man; excellin in all of one’s pursuits

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What did humanism believe was the key to a good life

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reason and Nature

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Secularism

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interest in things that are not religious

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Was humanism in Italy focused on Christian or Non-Christian

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Non-christian

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True or false most humanists were athiests

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false, most were christians

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what two main languages did humanists focus on studying

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Latin at first and then Ancient Greek after the fall of the Byzantine Empire (1453)

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What kind of education did humanists believe in

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Liberal arts ( i.e Grammar,Rhetoric, poetry, history, politics, and moral philosophy)

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Civic Humanism believed what

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that education should prepare leaders who would be active in civic repairs

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Which humanists were important political leaders

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colluccion Salutati, Leonardo Bruni, and Francesco Guiccaiardini.

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Who was known as the “father of humanism”

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Petrarch

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33
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who was considered the first modern writer

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Petrarch

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34
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what language were most texts in this era written in

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Latin

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Who was the first to use the term humanism

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Leonardo Bruni

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36
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who wrote the first modern history and what was it

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Leonardo Bruni-a history of Florence.

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37
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who exposed the false donation of Constantine

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Lorenzo Valla

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what had the church clamed in the false donation of constantine

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that they had been granted a lot of land by emporer constantine

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Who exposed errors in the Latin Vulgate (official catholic bible)

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Lorenzo Valla

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Who founded the platonic academy at the behest of Cosimo de Medici and translated much of Plato’s work into latin

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Marsilio Ficino

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Which famous humanist was a member of the platonic academy

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Pico Della Mirandola

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Who wrote the quintessential political treatise of the 16th century,

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Niccolò Machiavelli-The prince

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what were some of Niccolo machiavelli’s main ideas

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the ends justify the means, rulers were better to be feared than loved,Rulers had to be practical, cunning, aggressive, and ruthless.

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what were some of Niccolo Machiavelli’s main ideas

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the ends justify the means, rulers were better to be feared than loved,Rulers had to be practical, cunning, aggressive, and ruthless.

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Who wrote the most important renaissance work on social etiquette(described the ideal of a “renaissance man”

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Baldassare Castiglione-Book of the Courtier

46
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Who invented the press

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Johann Gutenburg

47
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What did artists emphasize in their art in addition to religion

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Individuals and everyday life

48
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What city state was the artistic leeader in the 1400s

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Florence

49
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Where did most of the patronage for the arts come from

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wealthy families and churches

50
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who commissioned Donatello’s David

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Medici

51
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Which wealthy family commissioned the last supper

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The Sforza’s (Milan)

52
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Why were churches such patrons of the arts

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they saw it as a way to glorify god

53
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who commissioned Michelangelo’s David

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Church

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Where was the artistic center in the 1500s

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rome

55
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Which pope is noted for being a big patron of the arts

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Pope Alexander VI

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what were the new artistic techniques of the era

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Geometric perspective, Chiaroscuro,sfumato

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What is geometric perspective

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three dimensional looking art as opposed to the 2d medieval art

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What is chiaroscuro

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the use of dark and light to show depth

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sfumato

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a technique developed by da Vinci, blurring lines to create a “smoky” effect

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Which was more stylized and less emotional,renaissance or medieval art

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medievel

61
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Where did sculptures often appear

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buildings and tombs

62
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How wererenaissance sculpture meant to be seen

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“in the round” (from all angles)

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Who were renaissance sculptors influenced by

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ancient greek and roman artists

64
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what style of architecture was popular during the middle ages

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gothic

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what are the characteristics of gothic architecture

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highly ornamented, with pointed spires, flying buttresses and a grand scale

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what are the characteristics of renaissance architecture

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Triangular pediments, columns, arches, and domes (based of ancient Rome and Greece)

67
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What did renaissance architecture empasize

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simplicity, symmetry, and balance

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Who was Raphael Santi

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A painter who painted a lot of madonna and child paintings

69
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who painted the school of Athens

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Raphael Santi

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what is Michelangelo famous for making

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r painting the Sistine Chapel sculpting David, and the dome on St.Peter’s Basilica

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What is titian noted for

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his use of vivid color

72
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who is one of the most influential architects in modern European history

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Andrea Palladio

73
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who was considered one of the first people to use chiaroscuro

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Giotto (from Florence)

74
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What is Filippo Brunelleschi famous for.

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Il Duomo(the largest dome in Europe at the time), is also considered the father of linear perspective

75
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what is Leon Battista Alberti famous for

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an architect of several famous cathedrals, he wrote the first treatise on linear perspective (from florence)

76
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who was Lorenzo Ghiberti

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an artist who won a contest to see who would sculpt the bronze doors for the florentine baptistery (called by Michelangelo “the gates of paradise) (from Florence)

77
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Who was Donatello

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Was the first renaissance artist to utilize a nude figure in sculpture, mad the bronze David (from Florence)

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Who was Masaccio

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Considered the first person to portray nude human figures in 3d(on 2d paper) (from Florence)

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who was Sandro Botticelli

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Painted Birth of venus (from Florence)

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contrapposto

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when a person stands with weight on one foot more than the other.

81
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Were was the “high renaissance” centered in

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Rome

82
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who were the three “renaissance popes, that provided tremendous patronage to the arts

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Alexander VI, Julius II and Leo X

83
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what were the characteristics of the high renaissance

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classical balance, harmony, restraint

84
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who was Bramante

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he was the principal architect of the rebuilt St.Peters cathedral

85
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Who was Leonardo da vinci

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he was seen as the “quintessential renaissance man”
he was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, writer, and scientist
he made the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

86
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what was the Hanseatic League

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A commercial and military association formed by a bunch of North German city-states. It had a monopoly on a lot of traded goods

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What new industries began to become prominent at the beginning of the 15th century (the 1400s)

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Mining, printing, and metallurgy

88
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What was the first estate

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clergy

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what was the secon estate

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nobility

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what was the third estate?

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peasants

91
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What did the Medici family run in Florence

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a banks

92
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Where did slavery briefly return

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spain

93
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Why was the idea of family different during the renaissance than it is now

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servants were considered a part of the family

94
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what are the liberal studies

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history, moral philosophy, eloquence, grammar, logic, poetry,mathematics, astronomy, and music

95
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how was king Henry VII able to keep in power

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he avoided wars, so that he could charge less on taxes.

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What were the two major kingdoms in Spain

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Castile, and Aragon

97
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Who were the two people that got married and unified Spain

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Isabella (from Castile) and Ferdinand (from Aragon)

98
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What was the Spanish inquisition

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It was created in Spain to make sure that converted Jews stayed Christian

99
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what dynasty controlled the Holy Roman Empire

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Hapsburg dynasty

100
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How was the Hapsburg dynasty able to stay in power

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strategic marriages to powerful people

101
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What country was the biggest threat to Eastern Europe

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Ottoman Turks

102
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What empire did the Ottoman Turks destroy

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The Byzantine Empire

103
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What were the two threats to the Roman catholic church

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Lollardy and Hussitism

104
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What was Lollardy

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was led by theologist John Wyclif, he believed that there was no scripture that gave the pope authority and that the Bible should be every Christian’s sole authority.

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What was Hussitism

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Hussitism was started by Johhn Hus (chancellor at the university of Prague.) he believed that the clergy was corrupt, and its excessive power need to end.

106
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What was the council of Constance

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made to try and reform the church, made two decrees that both failed

107
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what was the Sacronacata

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a decree made by the council of Constance that said that the council had authority from god and could make the pope do what they said

108
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The frequent

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a decree made by the council of Constance that said the council would coninue to be held to finish the reforming of the church

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What was Julius the second known for

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He was known as the warrior pope because he would lead his armies into battle.

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