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Chapter 13 : Renaissance Flashcards

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New Monarchs

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Rulers/leaders who created unification for their nation or stable form of government

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Renaissance

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Period of cultural rebirth focusing on the revival of classical learning/humanism

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Lorenzo Valla

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Italian humanist, philosopher, literary critic known for attacks on medieval Donation of Constantine

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Individualism

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Served as a basis for rational thought and focused around outlook of moral

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Codottiere

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Contracted mercenaries

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Rationalism

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Basis for scientific thought and intellectual context outside of religion

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Secularism

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Thought that is brought up and not based on religious context

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Virtu

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Capabilities of community and its leader and ideal traits necessary for state

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Council of Trent

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Council of Roman Catholic Church prompted by the Protestant Reformation and described as the embodiment for the Counter Reformation

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Brethren of Common Life

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Roman Catholic pietist religious community that focused on meditation and criticism of

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Charles V

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Roman emperor and King of Spain (King of Habsburg)

Conducted the Peace of Augsburg

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John Calvin

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Theologian and journalist who impacted fundamental religion and established Calvinism

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Martin Luther

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Theologian known for the introduction of the Protestant Reformation

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Usury

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Act of lending money with high rates of interest

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Peace of Augsburg

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Treaty between Charles V and Schmalkaldic League ending the religious struggle between the two groups

Made the legal division of Christendom permanent within the Holy Roman Empire

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Baroque

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period of artistic style that exaggerated drama, art, tension, architecture, and music originating in Rome, Italy

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John Knox

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Scottish clergyman, theologian, and leader of the Protestant Reformation

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Inquisition

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Judicial system of Roman Church focused on combatting heresy

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Indulgence

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Full or partial remission of punishment of sin based on fee

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Simony

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Selling of church offices and roles

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Pluralism

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Signified diversity of religious views

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Theocracy

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Enforced deity as ruler

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Nepotism

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Favoritism regarding close relatives

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Jesuits Secularism

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Interpretation of secularization being egregious but necessary

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Index

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Alphabetical arrangement of material

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Benvenuto Cellini

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Florentine sculptor, goldsmith and writer who implemented mannerism

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Sir Thomas Moore

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Philosopher, journalist and lawyer known for influencing the utopian genre

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Humanism

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Movement that revived Ancient Greek/Roman thoughts and turned
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Signori/oligarchies

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Despots or one man rulers/the rule of merchant aristocracies

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Caesare Borgia

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He united the peninsula by conquering obedience from the principalities making up the Papal States

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Which five powers dominated the Italian peninsula?

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Venice, Milan, Florence, the Papal States, and the kingdom on naples

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Lorenzo de Medici

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Italian statesman of the Florentine Republic and a powerful patron of the Renaissance

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Balance of power

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When one Italian state appeared to gain a predominant position within the Italian peninsula, other states combined to established a balance against the major threat

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Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola

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1450/1498
Religious leader of Florence and contributed to the fall of the Medici dynasty and paganism

His moral denunciations led to his excommunication and execution

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Charles’ VIII

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French king who invaded Italy in 1494

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Habsburg/Valois wars

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A series of conflicts that involved Papal States, major states of Western Europe as well as the Ottoman Empire

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Castiglione

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Italian diplomat who wrote The Book of The Courtier regarding etiquette and morality

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Machiavelli

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Italian Renaissance philosopher and humanist who was an official of the Florentine Republic and a founder of modern political science

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Who invented the movable type?

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Johann Gutenberg, Johann fust, Peter schoffer

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Movable type/printing effects

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Propaganda spread faster

Stimulated people’s literacy and education

Treaties, battle account, and declarations of war were published

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Women’s roles

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Status declined

They earned half wages then men

Main job was reproduction

Must maintain husband and household duties

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Desiderius Erasmus

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Dutch Renaissance humanist and classical scholar

He criticized the church using satire

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Louis XI of France

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Monarch of the house of Valois who ruled as king of France

1461 - 1483

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Henry VII of England

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King of the United Kingdom

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Charles VII

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Reconciliated Burgundians and armagnacs

Reorganized Royal council,increasing middle class influence

Strengthened royal finances through taxes

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Pragmatic sanction of bourges

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Accerted general counsel superiority over papacy

French crown authority over church

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Louis XI

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Monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France in the 1640s

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Royal council

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Inner circle of nobility that advised Henry VII

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