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Chapters 11/12- The Later Middle Ages And Renaissance Flashcards

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Where did the bubonic plague originate?

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Asia

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2
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How much did European population decline on account of the Black Death?

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25-50%

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In the 100 Years War, which English King laid claim to the French throne?

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Edward lll

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What battle seemed to have indicated an overall English victory in the 100 years war?

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Battle of Agincourt, resulting in the temporary peace of Brétigny.

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Where did Joan of Arc ask Edward lll to send her and an army against the English?

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Orléans.

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What happened to the Great Council under the reign of Edward lll?

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Became House of Lords and formed hereditary body of peers in Parliament.

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What did the “Golden Bull” of 1356 Germany allow?

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Gave seven electors power to choose “King of the Romans”.

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8
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How were Italy and Germany politically similar in the 1300s?

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Both regions failed to develop a centralized state with a king.

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9
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In 1300s Venice, who held the real executive power?

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Council of Ten.

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10
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What major effect did the Great Schism have?

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Heavily damaged faith of Christians.

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What 1400s theologians said that reason could not prove the existence of God?

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Thomas Aquinas and William of Occam.

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What was the major work of Giovanni Boccaccio and when was it set?

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“Decameron”- set in Florence during the Black Death.

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What were the major works of Dante Alighieri and what were they about?

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“Inferno,” “Divine Comedy”- a summary of medieval divine thoughts, including obsession with salvation.

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What were the major inventions of the high Middle Ages?

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Clock, eyeglasses, cotton paper, along with the adaptation of Chinese gunpowder and cannons.

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Lord-vassal relationship

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Money payments substituted for military service- prevalent in Middle Ages.

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Renaissance

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Rebirth of Classic Greek and Roman ideas and culture in the 1400s-late 1500s.

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17
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Which family dominated Florence economy during the renaissance?

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Medici family.

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18
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How did Italian sponsors acquire enough money to fund Renaissance projects?

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Trade

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The French Third Estate was made up of _____ in the 1400s.

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Made up of peasants.

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20
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How did people get married in Renaissance Italy?

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Marriages were arranged.

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What were the five major states of Renaissance Italy?

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Naples, Papal States, Venice, Florence and Milan.

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What was Machiavelli known for?

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“The Prince,” described how to rule by taking advantage of man’s evil nature and making yourself look good while doing the dirty work behind the scenes.

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23
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Who was Johannes Gutenberg?

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Inventor of the movable type printing press; printed the first book, Gutenberg’s Bible.

24
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Which two Renaissance artists sculpted David?

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Donatello and Michelangelo.

25
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Who were the 4 major Renaissance painters?

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Michelangelo, Raphael, da Vinci, and Boticelli.

26
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Where was the War of the Roses?

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England.

27
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Who was the Byzantine Empire destroyed by?

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Ottoman Turks, 1453.

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John Wyclif

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Pre-Protestant advocated against papal structure and emphasized translating Biblical works to the vernacular.

29
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Hanseatic League

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North European network of merchant guilds and market towns; powerful trade empire.

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Petrarch

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Renaissance writer- first to classify the “Middle Ages,” and as a dark time.

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King Edward lll.

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King who started the 100 Years War by laying claim to the French throne.

32
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Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

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Michelangelo.

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Jan Hus

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Theologian who spoke out against the church- executed at Council of Constance 1415.

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Pogroms

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Mass burnings of Jews at the stake in Germany during the Black Plague after they were blamed for poisoning wells.

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Jacquerie

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Group of peasants at the end of the Black Plague who revolted when the government tried to restrict their growing wealth.

36
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Peace of Brétigny

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Temporary peace during the 100 years war with England’s apparent win- French paid a fee and gave England the right to live in Gascony.

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Treaty of Troyes

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When English King Henry V made temporary peace with France when he married the daughter of the King and became the heir to the French throne.

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Scutage

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Mid-1400s English nobles’ payment to bands of fighters as private armies.

39
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House of Commons

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Under English Edward lll parliament to regulate money use derived from House of Lords.

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War of the Roses

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English civil war between the two houses York and Lancaster in the late 1300s.

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Estates-General

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French parliament including the nobles, clergy and the Third Estate (everyone else).

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Taille & gabelle

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Hearth & salt taxes on French middle class during the 100 years war.

43
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Golden Bull

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Edict under HRE Charles lV that stated nobles elected Emperors.

44
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Popolo grasso

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“Fat people” Italy’s wealthy merchant class

45
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Grandi

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Italian nobles

46
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Ordinances of Justice

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Florentine constitution set up by the popolo grasso 1293 that centered around 7 wealthy guilds.

47
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Council of Ten

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Venician merchant-dominated Senate.

48
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Unam Sanctum

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1302 Pope Boniface Vlll’s decree that spiritual authority was higher than any King, excommunicated French King Philip lV.

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Great Schism

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When both Italian and French cardinals elected two separate popes in Rome and Avignon- lasted 40 years.

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Conciliarism

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Belief that a general council was needed to have authority over the pope.

51
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Council of Constance

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1418 ended the Great Schism by electing Pope Martin V.

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Mysticism

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Focused on oneness with God’s spirit rather than church litergy.

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Modern Devotion

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Introduced by German Gerard Groote, the emphasis on imitating Jesus, not Pope.

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Nominalist

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Idea presented by Thomas Aquinas and William of Occam that reason couldn’t prove God’s existence.

55
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4 Humors

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Blood-heart-air

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