The Renaissance- Key words Flashcards
Worldview
collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group; the overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world.
Humanism
an advocate or follower of the principles of humanism
Classic civilizations
Greek, Roman
Aqueducts
water pathways that give people running water and build out of stones.
Philosophers
a person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.
Democracy
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
Patrons
a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
Renaissance
rebirth
Feudalism
social system in Medieval Europe in which the Crown give offers like military service, where the serfs were expected to life on a particular piece of land.
Trade
a action of exchanging items with one and the other
Urbanization
process of mating a place more urban
Usury
illegal action of making interest at higher rates
Values
something held more to be deserved, more worth it, and useful.
Vernacular
language spoken by the ordinary people in particular places or countries.
Sovereignty
supreme power
Tithe
increase of taxes
Pilgrim
journey to a creepy place or religious place
Rural
characteristics of a countryside other than a town
Scientific Method
method of characterization that scientists used in the 17th centuries: systematic observation, measurement, and experiments, formulas, testing, modification and hypothesis.
serfs
agriculture laborer that was bound under the feudalism to work
Silk Road
trade network that connects East to West to exchange items
Perspective
a point of view
Peasants
poor farmers with low status
Oligarchy
small group of people that control a land
Nobles
a person of noble rank or birth.
Monarchies
head of a government
Middle Ages
the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from c. 1100 to 1453.
Manor
usually comprised of tracts of agricultural land, a village whose inhabitants worked that land
Judaism
religion of Jew
Isolation
process of isolating someone
Islam
religion of Muslims monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.
Indulgences
the action or fact of indulging.
Holy Land
Land of Israel
Hinterland
areas beyond a coastal district or a river’s banks.
Hierarchy
ranks to tell people their status
Heresy
belief or opinion on religion
Exploration
action of travelling in or through an unfamiliar place
Excommunication
excluding someone from the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
Cultural Contact
contact with people with different cultures
Crusades
medieval military expeditions, series made by the Europeans to take over the Holy Land
Civic Humanism
social and political philosophy that in the course of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries began to be articulated in Italian city-states and most notably in Florence.
City-state
state that has it’s own territory forms an independent forms of independent state.
Christianity
religion that Christian follows, teachings of the Jesus and the Nazareth.
Black Death
The Black Death, also known as the Pestilence, the Great Plague or the Plague, or less commonly the Black Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.
Bills of Exchange
letter to a person requiring that the payment is due on them
Beliefs
acceptance that a statement is true
Astronomy
branch of science which deals with space and celestial objects, and physical universe
Anatomy
branch of science that is concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts.
Allegiance
commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.
