Renaissance

Question 1

renaissance means

Answer 1

rebirth, a conscious return to the Greeks and Romans, removal/divorce of Medieval culture

Question 2

what did the renaissance create and name an example

Answer 2

literary cannons = good literary works everyone reads, Sir Philip Sidney- “defense of poesy”

Question 3

what is the early modern period

Answer 3

• connection between 16th and 21st century
• shift in Linguistics toward modern English
• Sweeping cultural shift: generalized state, market economy, individualism

Question 4

what Place spawned the Renaissance

Answer 4

Italy

Question 5

The crusades stimulated trade between & how

Answer 5

between Europe and the Muslim Empire, by introducing Europeans to many desirable products

Question 6

effects of the Crusades

Answer 6

• increased demand for middle eastern products
• stimulated production of goods to trade in middle Eastern markets
• encouraged the use of credit and banking

Question 7

Who is the banking family

Answer 7

Medici family

Question 8

important economic concepts

Answer 8

• church rule against usury and the banks practice of charging interest helped to secularism northern Italy
• letters of credit served to expand the supply of money and expedite trade
• new accounting and bookkeeping practice (use of Arabic numbers) were introduced

Question 9

and intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

Answer 9

humanism

Question 10

humanism attached prime importance to what

Answer 10

human rather than supernatural or divine matters

Question 11

humanism stresses

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• goodness of humans both individually and collectively
• common human needs
• rational ways of solving human problems such as critical thinking

Question 12

Who is the father of humanism

Answer 12

Francisco Petrarch

Question 13

men were represented as superior in

Answer 13

scripture, medicine, morality, history, philosophy

Question 14

when did England see uninterrupted female rule

Answer 14

1553–1603

Question 15

what was the societal structure

Answer 15

patriarchal and highly misogynistic

Question 16

worked in the farms with their husbands and ran the home

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peasant woman

Question 17

attended to by number of servants, often involved in the household tasks, and entertaining

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elite class woman

Question 18

worked in the husbands Merchant shops

Answer 18

middle-class woman

Question 19

what was the expectation of women

Answer 19

Bear children

Question 20

what put emphasis on marriage for women

Answer 20

protestantism

Question 21

protestantism emphasis on marriage and restriction on the scope of women’s authority contributed to

Answer 21

A gradual rise in the number of women readers and writers

Question 22

“blood is respected, not the age nor the sex”

Answer 22

humanist sir Thomas Smith in reference to Elizabeth I

Question 23

Edward subverts lineage role in names her queen, subsequently angering Mary I

became queen July 10, 1553 but is imprisoned on July 19 for high treason by Mary who sentences her to death

Answer 23

Lady Jane Grey

Question 24

stringently Catholic, executed it 283 Protestants by burning them at the stake, many false pregnancies

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bloody Mary

Question 25

marriages:
•Francis II of France- widowed
•Henry Stuart/ Lord Darnley- widowed by murder
•James Hepburn/ 4th Earl of Bothwell- orchestrated the murder of Darnley, forces Mary to marry him

ecapes to England for protection from Elizabeth I but is found guilty of high treason and attempt to assassinate Elizabeth and executed

Answer 25

Mary, Queen of Scots

Question 26

44 years of rule, after 117 years of Tudor dynasty she is the last

Answer 26

Elizabeth I

Question 27

Who were important contributors to the Renaissance

Answer 27

Shakespeare, Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor, Henry 8th

Question 28

women were subordinate in

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public, private, economy, and spiritual life

Question 29

women were urged to be

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chaste, silent, and obedient