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Habsburg
Royal family Austria
Reich
Empire realm (german)
Valois
Royal family french
Hohenzollern
Royal family of Prussia
Vernacular
Language or dialect spoken by people of a certain region
Brunelleschi
Artichtect engineer of Italian Renaissance. Designed duomo in Florence cathedral
Chiaroscuro
The treatment of light and shade in a painting
Tudor
Royal family in England
Millequattrocento
1400 or 15th century
Great schism
Divide between which was the correct pope. Between a pope in Italy and a pope in France
Feudal system
Social structure where peasants protect Knights who protect barons who Protect king
Reconquista
Spain and Portugal recaptured territory from moors
Jan van eyck
Early Netherlands painter Renaissance painter arnolfini portrait
Secular
Become less religious based
Pontifex Maximus
Pope, head of priests
Hanseatic league
Defensive alliance great cultural and architectural heritage brick gothic monuments
Bureaucracy
Important decisions made by state instead of elected representatives
Histriogrophy
Study of historical writing
Sforza
Milan ruling family
Medici
Florence ruling family
Cimabue
Florentine painter. Break from Byzantine style
Liberum veto
Latin for free veto