Renaissance Flashcards
significance of Giovanni de Medici moving to Florence
papal banker, becomes involved in Florentine public life, patronage of the arts, laying ground work for rise of his son to power
When did the papacy return to Rome and why is this important?
1420, was in Avignon since 1305, brought with it the prestige and wealth necessary to rebuild the city
Significance of Pope Nicholas V
1447, first steps in turning Rome into a Renaissance city, undertook many construction projects and strongly encourages the arts
Significance of the fall of Constantinople
1453, was centre of Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottoman Turks, provoked an exodus of Greek people and works of art and literation into the Italian city-states
Johann Gutenberg significance
credited with the invention of the printing press in Europe, ushers in the age of printed books, making literature more accessible to all Europeans
what did Pico publish in 1486 and what was the retaliation?
his Collection of 900 Treatises, his philosophy often conflicts with that of the Catholic Church, he is declared a heretic, saved by the intervention of Lorenzo de Medici
Significance of Pope Alexander VI
widely known as corrupt and manipulative, scheming for his family’s benefit, many claim that the papacy reaches its greatest moral decline the Renaissance during his pontificate
What was published in 1513 and what was its importance
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, considered most influential book of all time, outlining the argument that it is better for a ruler to be feared than loved
1517
Martin Luther posts 95 Theses igniting movement with provokes and enormous split in the Roman Catholic Church
The Sack of Rome
Pope Clement VII refuses to grant the imperial army a ransom, it attacks the city of Rome taking it, symbolises the downfall of Renaissance Italy, much subjugated to Imperial-Spanish rule by the settlement of Bologna in 1530
