Quiz 13 Flashcards
T/F: The peak of the Renaissance occured at about the same time in the principal countries of Europe
False
T/F: The Renaissance throught reflects an increasing interest in this life rather than in just the afterlife
True
How did the Renaissance revival of humanism differ from earlier revivals of classical learning?
it was a broader segment of society focusing on the merchant class
Where was the double-entry system of bookkeeping invented?
Florence
Name the most notable family of merchants who dominated Florentine politics for four generations?
Medici
T/F: Reniassance intellectuals emphasized worldly beauty less than the medieval intellectuals did
False
T/F: The Renaissance looked to the future to create new models of human experience
False
What was the original meaning of the word “sonnet”?
little poems
What is the technical poetic term that describes the phrase “sweet pain”?
oxymoron
How did Petrarch refer to preceding scholarship in terms of an historical period?
the dark ages
To what did Petrarch dedicate his life with a passion commonly associated with the Resiassance?
recovery of classical learning
As Petrarch thinks about Laura, between what two types of desires is he torn?
spiritual and sensual desires
What poetic model do we find in Petrarchs poetry set in “dramatic opposition to Augustine”?
Ovid
What is the ryhme scheme of the first four lines of a typical Petrarchan sonnet?
a-b-b-a
T/F: Petrarch and his followers focused on the interior of the loved one, as on the poets self
False
