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Plague and Renaissance - Global Studies 1 Flashcards

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Spread of Black Death

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Spread by rats infested with fleas

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When does the Black Death reach Europe

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From Asia, it reaches Europe in October 1347

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Flagellants

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response to black death; flogged each other with whips to beg for God’s forgiveness

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Pogroms

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response to Black Death; organized massacres

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Who was given blame for Black Death

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Jews accused of poisoning wells

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Jews were not punished in Russia and Poland b/c

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they offered them protection

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Results of the Black Death

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less travel, shortage of workers, fewer people, peasants convert labor to rent, higher government taxes, rural revolts

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William the Conquer years and titles

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1028-1087, King, Duke, Conqueror

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What was unique about Willaim the Conqueror’s rule

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he was a French vassal, yet the king of England

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Henry Plantagent years and titles

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1133-1189, King Henry

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Wife of King Henry II and problems caused

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Eleanor of Aquitaine, she own land that is closer to France than to England

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Treaty of Paris

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England lose land in France but keep Gascony and Aquitaine

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Death of Charles IV

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no male heir, possible heirs are Edward of England and Phillip of France

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Cause of 100 years War

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Phillip VI becomes French king and takes Gascony, an English province

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Battle of Crecy

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English take advantage of their longbows that are able to pierce through French armored cavalry

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Cause of English Peasant’s Revolt

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monarchy imposes poll tax to help pay for war, peasants refuse to pay and sack Tower of London

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King Richard II

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14 years of age; arrests rebels and ends English Peasant’s Revolt

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Effects of English Peasant’s Revolt

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Poll tax eliminated, rebels are pardoned, decline of feudalism in England

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Battle of Agincourt

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The heavily armored French cavalry suffers from the muddy field, disastrous French defeat

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Joan of Arc

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17 years of age; inspires French army to liberate the city of Orleans; ‘maid of orleans’

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Battle of Castillon

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ends 100 years war; French victory; uses cannons and gunpowder

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Political Disintegration in 1300’s

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Feudalism falls -> Kings use taxes to hire soldiers. Political fights between royal heirs and noble families, Catholic Church declines in power

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King Phillip IV vs Pope Boniface IIV

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Phillip tries to tax clergy, Boniface denies and argues he is above state and church, Phillip calls Estates General and sends French soldiers to bring Boniface to trial. Boniface dies

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Pope Clement V

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French Pope appointed by Phillip, moves Papal residence to France and receives out lash

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Pope Gregory XI

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returns papacy to Rome and his death leads to Great Schism

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The Great Schism

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two popes rule concurrently in Rome and Avignon, leads to loss of faith in Church

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Rise of Conilarism

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belief that only a general council of the church, and not the pope, could bring the needed reforms

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Great Schism ends

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Council of Constance leads to both popes resigning and a new Pope is elected that all sides support

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Renaissance is French for

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“rebirth’, began in Italy, rebirth of Greek and Roman culture

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universal person

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well rounded personality capable of achievements in many areas of life

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“the humanities”

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grammar, rhetoric, poetry, ethics, and history

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Petrarch

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studied Latin manuscripts, emphasized use of pure Latin, lived intellectual life of solitude

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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developed Classical Architecture, inspired Roman models, columns, rounded arches, and coffered ceilings. Human sized measurements -> Human centered world, ex. Church of San Lorenzo in Florence

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Johannes Gutenburg

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developed printing press, used metal printing blocks with each letter for moveable type, mass produced using casting

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Results of Printing Press

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printed 180 copies of Bible, allows for greater distribution of ideas worldwide

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Early Renaissance

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depended on support from guilds and patrons

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High Renaissance

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considered heroes and artists geniuses Ex. Michelangelo, Raphael, da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Medical studies - dissected human bodies
Scientific studies - helicopter
Paintings - Mona Lisa and Last Supper

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Raphael

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One of Italy’s best painters, Madonnes - illustrated ideal human beauty, Frescoes in the Vatican Palace

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Michelangelo

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Known as “il Divino” - the devine one
Sistine Chapel
Sculpture - David

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Neoplatonism

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ideal human beings with perfect proportions

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Renaissance Painting Developments

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Focus on Human Beings
Realistic human anatomical structure
outdoor space and light
movement
perspective
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Middle Ages Painting - materials

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Paint on wood or wet plaster
Mosaics
Illustrated manuscripts

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Renaissance Painting - materials

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Oil on canvas

marble sculptures

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Renaissance painting - colors

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bright and detailed

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Painting Position of Subjects

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Middle Ages - simple and 2D - less emotions

Renaissance - more detail, 3D - more emotions

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Nicolo Machiavelli

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Wrote ‘The Prince’, suggests maintaining order should be done through getting political power. Realistic not idealistic, Prince acts on behalf of the states, not his conscience

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Duchy of Milan

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taxes generated enormous revenues for the government

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Republic of Florence

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center of cultural Renaissance , Oligarchy and politics controlled by Cosimo de-Medici

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Republic of Venice

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maritime commercial empire

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Papal States

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central Italian states, controlled by the Pope

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Kingdom of Naples

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southern Italian states, eventually ruled by Spain

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“Italian Wars”

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France vs. Spain, Spain dominates much of Italy during 16th century

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Treaty of Verdun caused

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Civil wars

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What is the true beginning of the Holy Roman Empire

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Ottoman family aquired the “Emperor of the Romans”

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Habsburg

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controled Holy Roman Empire imperial throne, Austria, Netherlands and Spain all in their control

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War of the Roses

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civil war over control of monarchy, York - white rose, Lancaster - red rose

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King Henry VII

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establishes Tudor dynasty, abolishes noble’s private armies, keeps taxes low

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Nationalism

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grew in France after 100 years war

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King Louis XI

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used nationalism to re-establish monarchy

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Tailee

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annual direct tax on land, provided monarchy with regular source of income

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Poland Renaissance

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Nobles gain right to elect kings, weakens royal authority

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Russian Renaissance

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Prince Ivan III, drives out Mongols and unifies Russian lands

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Moscow

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“Third Rome”

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Marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon

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unifies Spain’s strongest kingdoms, strengthens royal government

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