U10 L5 Politics Of The Renaissance Flashcards
What does Renaissance mean?
rebirth
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
Where did the Renaissance last longer?
northern Italy
What were the 5 city states Italy was divided into?
- Rome
- Venice
- Milan
- Florence
- Genoa
What was the wealthiest of the Italian city-states?
Venice
Who was the Medici family?
- Florence
- bankers
What was Venice ruled by?
- grand council
- governor with absolute power
What did Milan sell?
textiles and armor
What is the background of Milan’s leadership?
- dictatorship
- but became republic
- Sforza family
England owned French territory through which victory?
William of Normandy, 1066, Battle of Hastings
Who was the 100 Years War between?
- Philip VI of France
- Edward III of England
What did Charles V do when he got the French throne?
- stopped corruption
- new army
- alliance with Spain against Eng
After the crowning of Charles VII at Rheims, who was captured by the English and burned at stake?
Joan of Arc
How much of Europe’s population did the Black Death kill?
one third
How was England ahead as a strong nation by the 14th century?
- rights
- jury system
- Magna Carta
- HOC established
What did the Magna Carta do?
limited king’s power since 1215
Who unified Eng to fight the war with France?
Edward III
Who was the War of Roses between? What did it result in?
- Lancasters and Yorks
- Tudors
were the Tudors able to manipulate Parliament?
yes
Ferdinand and Isabella insisted that Muslims and Jews would have to do what?
leave of convert to Catholicism
Ferdinand and Isabella financed the voyage of who to the New World?
Christopher Columbus
