The Renaissance Flashcards
what is Allegiance
Loyalty of a citizen to his or her government
what is Anatomy
the study of stars
tithe
the money that goes to the church.
Franchesco Petrarch
this person believed that life before the midevil times were times of glory. this person inspired people to research about the past.
Aqueducts
An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.
Beliefs
an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
Bills of Exchange
a written order to a person requiring the person to make a specified payment.
Black Death
one of the most devastating pandemics in human history,
Christianity
they believe that Jesus is the Christ, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible
City-state
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
Civic Humanism
in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries began to be articulated in Italian city-states and most notably in Florence.
Classic civilizations
the civilizations before the fall of Rome.
Crusades
The crusades were a series of religious wars in western Asia and Europe
Cultural Contact
contact between peoples with different cultures, usually leading to change in both systems.
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Excommunication
the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
Exploration
the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
Feudalism
Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe
Heresy
belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.
Hierarchy
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
Hinterland
the often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a river’s banks.
Holy Land
The Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Land of Israel. The term is also used by Muslims and Christians to refer to the area between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea.
humanism
cultural movement which turned away from medieval scholasticism and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought. people who believed that humans could do anything
Indulgences
the action or fact of indulging.
islam
the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
Isolation
the process or fact of isolating or being isolated.
Judaism
the monotheistic religion of the Jews.
manor
a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.
Fiefdoms
A fief was the central element of feudalism. It consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord
Middle Ages
the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West
Monarchies
The term applies to states in which supreme authority is vested in the monarch
noble
a person of noble rank or birth
oligarchy
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
patrons
a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
Peasants
an ignorant, rude, or unsophisticated person; a person of low social status.
perspective
a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
Perspective
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline
pilgrim
a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.
Renaissance
the culture and style of art and architecture developed during the Renaissance.
Rural
in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town
Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes which connected the East and West
Sovereignty
supreme power or authority.
trade
the action of buying and selling goods and services.
urbanization
the process of making an area more urban.
Usury
the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
Values
the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.
Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch philosopher and Christian humanist who is widely considered to have been one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance
Michel de Montaigne
one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
Leonardo de Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography. Wikipedia
Donatello
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era polymath who formulated a model of the universe
Geoffery Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet and author. Widely seen as the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages