Unit 1 Flashcards
city-states
cities that had governments (in Italy)
Ciompi Revolt
wool traders wanted to be in a guild, revolted, held a guild for 4 years
Lorenzo the Mag
ruled Florence, almost totalitarian, “found” Michelanglo
Treaty of Lori
alliance between Milan, Maples, and Florence (1494)
Ludovico il Moro
ruled Milan, invited French to take over Naples, big mistake
Charles VIII
French king that invaded Italy, had a puppet gov in Florence, was ousted by L.M. (had an alliance w/Venice
Borgias
corrupt pope (Alex VI), advanced political careers of his children, helped French back into Italy
Niccolo Machiavelli
wrote The Prince, ends justify the means
Linear perspective
painting technique that allows you to see things as “far away”
Giotto
father of Renaissance painting
Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa, inventer
Raphael
School of Athens
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel, David
Humanism
scholarly study of Latin and Greek classics and ancient church fathers
Petrarch
father of humanism, Letters to the Ancient Dead
Dante
Divine Comedy-about hell
Buccaccio
Decameron