Final Review

Question 0

William Ockham

Answer 0

Says simpler is always better
Ockham’s razor
Christianity needs to rely more on faith

Question 1

Nominalists

Answer 1

Believe the reality is in the way you name something

Question 2

Marsilius

Answer 2

Wrote defender of the peace
Said the members of the church were more important & should have more power
Attacks the power of the pope

Question 3

The great schism

Answer 3

The period when two, and later three, popes fought over the rule of the church

Question 4

Council of constants

Answer 4

Ends the schism, revives church

Question 5

Catherine of sienna

Answer 5

Said women should advocate more roles in the church and community

Question 6

Thomas a Kempis

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Says Christianity is a philosophy, no need for 7 sacraments, pope isn’t more special, thoughts and heart is important not following rules, emulate Jesus that simple

Question 7

John Wycliffe

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Attacks one of the 7 sacraments transubstantiation, church is too remote and too corporate, Believed in predestination

Question 8

Jan Hus

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Says pope and clergy are not special- every Christian is equal, pope has no authority, he is executes by the church

Question 9

Savonarola

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Extremely zealous, tried to eradicate materialism by burning books, cosmetics, dice
Church had him arrested and burned at the stake

Question 10

Rabelais

Answer 10

Ridiculed the clergy, sarcastic, inappropriate

Wrote gargantua that made fun of priests

Question 11

Thomas More

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Humanist, wrote utopia, said Christians shouldn’t tolerate poor, sick, sin, social justice
Lots of government

Question 12

Mercenaries

Answer 12

Soldiers who fight for money

Question 13

Printing press

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Developed in the early 1450s by Gutenberg

Question 14

1455

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First bible printed

Question 15

100 yrs war

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War btw European countries due to increased finances and comfort

Question 16

Joan of arc

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Peasant girl, given control of army, saved France from England

Question 17

Medici

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Most powerful banking family in Europe controlled church and state w/ funding

Question 18

Peace of Lodi

Answer 18

Ends war among Milan, Florence, and Venice

Clashed over trade and surrounding acquisition of surrounding territory

Question 19

Constantinople collapses, Byzantine eastern empire is overrun by Turks-Ottoman Empire

Answer 19

Bleh

Question 20

Petrarch

Answer 20

Learned from the ancient philosophers about living a good life
Ppl should be activists
Ancient Greeks and Christianity blend

Question 21

Neoplatonism

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Emphasized the spiritual values that were the heart of the contemplative life

Question 22

Ficino and Pico

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Neoplatonists
Contemplation of the beautiful
Achieve personal perfection
Platonic philosophy and Christian belief

Question 23

Donatello

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Sculptor, made sculptures of nude bodies
Focus on the beauty of the body
Idealization of self

Question 24

Masaccio

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Renaissance painter
Painted nude bodies
Emphasis on individual human figure

Question 25

Brunelleschi

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Dome in Florence

Question 26

Unam sanctum

Answer 26

Bull issues by pope bonaface that declares that kind Phillip must submit to his authority or rush damnation

Question 27

Celestine

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Pope that resigned, feared for his soul

Question 28

Saint bonaventure

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Faith is based on intuition, female oriented description

Question 29

Donte

Answer 29

Wrote divine comedy
Addresses contest btw reason and faith
Conflict btw human power and divine will

Question 30

The Black Plague

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Killed 1/3 to 1/2 the pop
Blamed it on the Jews
Rattles Christians faith

Question 31

Hanseatic league

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Northern European trading cities

Question 32

Brosachio

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Fascination w/ individuals

Question 33

Erasmus

Answer 33

Wrote the praise of folly
Poked fun at everything
A little folly is essential to human existence
Attacks the Christian church