The Renaissance Flashcards
Allegiance
Swearing your loyalty or commitment to a superior power, an individual or a group of people
Anatomy
A field in science that revolves around the structure of the human body, the animals and other living organism.
Aqueducts
water pathways that give people water. Built out of som
Astronomy
The study of stars.
Beliefs
The acceptance that a certain idea is true.
Bills of Exchange
A person who sends an order for another to pay them a demanded price.
Black Death
Also known as the Bubonic Plague, is a terrible and awful disease that struck Europe and killed 1/3 of its population.
Christianity
A religion
City-state
a city with its surrounding territory that makes up a state/independent country.
Civic Humanism
study of history and political issues; rightful duty as a citizen to study about political issues and history to better their own society.
Classic civilizations
Roman, Greek and Islamic civilizations
Crusades
The crusades were a group of Christians who went to Jerusalem to claim the land they thought was holy and belonged to them.
Cultural Contact
Contact between two people of different cultures leading to a change in both of their systems.
Democracy
Introduced by the Greek and Romans, democracy is where they give people the power in the election and let them decide their political leaders.
Excommunication
the act of officially excluding someone from the participation in church activities and offering services to the Christian Church.
Exploration
the action of travelling to new lands in order to claim them as territory or learn about them.
Feudalism
Feudalism was a hierarchy showing people ranked according to their importance in society.
Heresy
Having an opinion against an official or popular belief.
Hierarchy
A system where people are ranked one above another according to their importance.
Hinterland
A place that exists beyond what they had discovered.
Holy Land
The Holy Land is Jerusalem.
Humanism
The idea that stresses the importance of Humans rather than a supernatural being.
Indulgences
a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins according to Christianity.
Islam
A religion followed by Muslims.
Isolation
Separating yourself from others, either as a group or individual.
Judaism
A religion followed by Jews.
Manor/Fiefdoms
A whole plot or piece of land owned by the Lords.
Middle Ages
A time of complete isolation for Europe.
Monarchies
A country that is ruled by a monarch, head of state.
Nobles
Knights, Fighting to protect their Fiefdoms.
Oligarchy
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Patrons
Someone who funds an organization or project. (Mainly Art)
Peasants
Worked the land on fiefdoms.
Perspective
An opinion or point of view on an idea or topic.
Philosophers
Someone who asks questions about the society they live in and their way of life.
Pilgrim
a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.
Renaissance
The rebirth of old ideas.
Rural
Living in the fiefdom.
Scientific Method
Discovered during the Renaissance. (self explanatory)
Serfs
peasants.
Silk Road
A network of trade routes throughout Asia and Europe.
Sovereignty
supreme power or authority.
Trade
exchanging goods and ideas
Urbanization
the process of making an area more urban.
Usury
Borrowing money that proves to be unfair to whomever you borrowed it from.
Values
What you believe.
Vernacular
the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
Worldview
The way a person views the world.
Tithe
a portion (10%) of a persons crops and earnings to pay as charity for the church.
