Summer Exam short Qs Flashcards
Ogham
Ogham is the oldest form of writing in Ireland. Lines were carved on the edge of an ogham stone
Jousting
Where two knights on horseback run at each other with lances and try make one another fall
A manastic site and who founded it
Glendalough found by St.Kevin
Stages of knights
Page-seven years old
Squire-fourteen
Knight-twenty one
Cloister
The cloister is where the monks walked and prayed
Renaissance writer and one pice of work
Shakespeare. One of the owners of the globe or came up with romeo and juliet
Effects of printing
Made books more available and cheaper
Encouraged more people to read and write
Ideas spread more quickly
Why the renaissance began in Italy
- Old Roman Empire
- Influence of Greek scholars
- Wealthy Italian merchants
- Influence of new ideas
- Independent city-states
A scientific discovery during the renaissance
The law of falling bodies. If you drop two objects, one being heavier then the other they should both land at the same time
Secondary
Evidence that comes from a later date
