Renaissance

Question 1

Benvenuto Cellini

Answer 1

A goldsmith and sculptor who wrote an autobiography famous for its arrogance and immodest self-praise

Question 2

Condottiere

Answer 2

A mercenary soldier of a political ruler

Question 3

Humanism

Answer 3

The recovery and study of classical authors and writings

Question 4

Individualism

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The emphasis on the unique and creative personally

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New Monarchs

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The term applied to Louis XI of France, Henry VII of England, and Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, who strengthened their monarchical authority often bu Machiavellian means

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Rationalism

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The application and use of reason in understanding and explaining events

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Renaissance

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The period from 1400 to 1600 that witnessed a transformation of cultural and intellectual values from primarily Christian to classical or secular ones

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Secularism

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The emphasis on the here and now rather than on the spiritual and otherworldly

Question 9

Lorenzo Valla

Answer 9

A humanist who used historical criticism to discredit an 8th century document giving the papacy jurisdiction over Western lands

Question 10

Virtu

Answer 10

The striving for personal excellence