quiz 13 Flashcards
T/F: the peak of the Renaissance occurred at about the same time in the principal countries of Europe
False
T/F: the Renaissance thought reflects an increasing interest in this life rather than just the afterlife
True
How did the Renaissance revival of humanism differ from earlier arrivals of classical Learning?
There was abBroader segment of society
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: renaissance intellectuals emphasize worldly beauty less than the medieval intellectuals did
False
T/F: the Renaissance look to the future to create new models of human experience
False
What was the original meaning of the word sonnet?
Little songs
What is the technical poetic term that describes the phrase sweet pain
Oxymoron
How did Petrarch referred to preceding scholarship in terms of an historical period?
Dark ages
To what did Petrarch dedicate his life with a passion commonly associated with the Renaissance?
Recovering classical learning
As Petrarch thinks about Laura, between what two types of desires is he torn?
Spiritual and sensual
What poetic model do we find in Petrarch’s poetry set in dramatic opposition to… Augustine?
Ovid
What is the rhyme 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
