Chapter 12_ Christine Flashcards
Jacob Burkhardt
Swiss historian and art critic who created the modern concept of the Renaissance in his celebrated work “civilization of the Renaissance in Italy” published in 1860
L’uomo Universale
a “universal person” with a well-rounded personality, a high regrard for human worth, and a realization of individual potentiality
Hanseatic League
league of merchants formed in the 13th century when some German coastal towns cooperated to gain favorable trading rights in Flemish cities; formed military leagues to protect themselves from pirates; 100 towns joined to become an independent political power by 14th century; monopolized timber, fish, grain, metals, honey, and wines
House of Medici
the greatest banking house in Europe, with branches in Venice, Milan, Rome, Avignon, Bruges, London, and Lyons; controlled enterprises in wool, silk, aluminium mining, and dyeing textiles; principle bankers of the papacy (profits for and influence over papal court); declined due to poor leadership and bad loans; 1494- expelled from Florence
three estates
class divisions in France consisting of the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate (peasants and inhabitants of the towns and cities)
Book of the Courtier
the book in which Castiglione described three basic attributes of the perfect courtier (noble/aristocrat)
age of emancipation
between the early teens and late twenties: a child did no become an adult until the father went before a judge and emancipated him
five major powers of the Italian peninsula
the duchy of Milan, Venice, Florence, the papal states, and the Kingdom of Naples
Francesco Sforza
one of the leading condottiere who turned on his Milanese employers, conquered the city, and became its new duke
Cosimo de’ Medici
first of the Medici political dynasty; inherited wealth and name from his father, Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici; defacto ruler of the small merchant oligarchy in Florence and manipulated the republican government; 1434 took control of the oligarchy
Lorenzo the Maginficent
grandsom of Cosimo de Medici who successfully dominated the city of Florence when when it was the center of the cultural Renaissance
Battista Sforza
wife of Federigo de Montefeltro and niece of the ruler of Milan; intelligent, well versed in Latin and Greek; fostered art and letters in Urbino
Federigo da Montefelltro
ruler of Urbino (1444-1482); educated in humanist school; learned skills for fighting & hired himself out as condottiere; reliable and honest general; patrom of Renaissance culture; benevolent
Isabella d’Este
most famous Renaissance ruling woman; daughter of duke Ferrar; married Francesco Gonzoga (marquis of Mantua); important court for Renaissance art and literature; intelligent, political wisdom, clever negotiator
Peace of Lodi
signed by Italian states in 1454 to create peace until 1494; ended 1/2 century of war; created an alliance system that resulted in balance of power in Italy
Ludovico Sforza
duke of Milan who foolishly invited French to intervene in Italian politics
Charles VIII
French ruler, eager to intervene in Italian politics in 1494, occupied Naples with a 300,000 man army
Sack of Rome
1527; Italian states turned to Spain for help and both Spain and France fought for control of Italy; Charles I of Spain ended Italian war and dominated Italy
Machiavelli
secretary to Florentine Council of Ten and made many diplomatic missions to Germany and France; exiled in 1512 when Medici returned to power
The Prince
Book in which Machiavelli expressed his ideas on moderern, secular power politics (mostly concerning Italy); considered the founder of modern, secular power politics
“liberal arts”
a group of intellectual disciplines including grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, ethics, and history
Petrarch
father of Italian Renaissance humanism; rejected becomig a lawyer to becoma a writer; first to characterize Middle Ages as an era of darkness
New Cicero
biography of Cicero written by Leonardo Bruni (humanist, Florentine patriot, chancellor)
civic humanism
humanism that reflected the values of the urban society of the Italian Renaissance (form of republicanism); believed that their studies of humanity should be put to the service of the state
Manuel Chrysoloras
taught in Florence from 1396-1400; teacher of Leonardo Bruni who was one of the first to master Greek
Lorenzo Valla
aspired to be a papal secretary; proved that “Donation of Constantine” as a forged document; wrote “The Elegances of Latin Language” to restore Latin to proper vernacular
Poggio Bracciollini
another significant humanist educated in Florence; served in papal secretary; collected classical manuscripts (found works of 15 writers); wrote Facetiae (a book of jokes)
Florentine Platonic Academy
an informal discussion group; patron= Cosimo de’ Medici; studied works of Plato
Marsilio Ficino
influential humanist of Italian Ren; astrologer; reviewed neoplatonism; translated Plato’s dialogues for Cosimo de Medici