Unit 1 Test Flashcards
flagellanti
self-inflicted “penance” for sins (people thought that the plague was a punishment from God, they whipped themselves)
pogroms
people blamed the plague on the Jews - because they were different, people thought that they poisoned the wells (they were forced to wear “golden circles”)
jacquerie (1358)
response to the longstanding economic and political grievances in the countryside worsened by warfare
rebels defeated by aristocratic army
conciliarist
believed that church authority rested in councils that represented the people, not the pope
Marsiglio of Padua
defended conciliarism in Defensor Pacis
John Wycliff
attacked papal authority, called for more radical reform, and believed Christians should read the bible for themselves.
follower = Lollards
Jan Hus
Spread Wycliff’s ideas and was accused as heretic
vernacular literature
written in the national language
Dante’s Divine Comedy
symbol pilgrimage through Hell, Purgatory, and paradise to God.
Chaucer’s Canterbury tales
depicted materialistic, worldly interests of a variety of English people
quattrocento & cinquencento
(1400s and 1500s)- dazzling artistic achievements in Florence and Rome
Filippi Brunelleschi
commissioned to design the dome of the Florence cathedral (used 2-layer ribbing for support)
David
(Donatello) first free-form bronze sculpture since roman times
Expulsion from the Garden
(Massacio) first nudes since classical times
The Trinity
(Massacio) first use of linear perspective
