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vocabulary renaissance Flashcards

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feudalism

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the system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him

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Hierarchy

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a social system in which status is raked and power is concentrated in the higher ranks

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Allegiance

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Loyalty

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Manors

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a piece of land sometimes called a fief

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Freemen (page 19)

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peasants who rented land or worked for pay

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Serfs

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peasants who worked the land for the lord and were not allowed to leave the manor without the lord’s permission

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Journeyman

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a person who has learned a trade and joined a guild

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Monastery (page 22)

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building and lands in which monks lived and carried out their religion duties.

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Sumptuary laws (page 27)

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laws that controlled the consumption or how people spent their money

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Tithe (page 31)

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a portion of the crops or percentage of earnings paid to the church

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The Crusades (page 41 – not bolded)

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A christian military expedition

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City-States (page 47)

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a politically indépendant city and the rural area or hinterland around it

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Hinterland

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the rural area around a city- state

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Monarchy

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countries ruled by a king or queen.

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Usury

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the practice of charging interest when loaning money to someone.

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Humanist (page 60)

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a person who adopts a system of thought that centres on humans and their values,

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Aqueducts (page 62)

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a channel used to move water, usually supported on a bridge structure when it had to cross a valley

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Philosophers (page 62)

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one who studies the truth and principles underlying human conduct and knowledge and the nature of the universe.

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Democracy

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a form of government fin which people elect representatives to rile the country

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Civic

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relating to citizenship or civic affairs.

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Patrons

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a person who pays artists to produce works.

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Vernacular

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the language commonly spoken by the role who live that region

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Sonnets

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a poetic from that consists of 14 lines.

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Heresy

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opposing church teachings

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anatomy (page 82)

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the science that deals with the structure of animals and plants

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astronomy (page 82)

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the science that deals with stars

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perspective (in art) (pages 86-87)

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representing objects in paintings as they appear to the eye.

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scientific method

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the process of making observations experimenting and drawing conclusions based on evidence.

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allegory

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expressing a deeper moral political meaning.

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excommunication

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official exclusion from the catholic church

31
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disseminates

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to spread information

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Machiavellian

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a crafty, unscrupulous person who seeks and holds power by any means possible.

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Vanities

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it was the wigs and makeups and clothing that was burned.

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Indulgences

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certificates that reduced the time people would be punished for their sins after they died.

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Reformation (page 94)

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a religious movement to changer to reform the roman Catholic Church that resulted in the establishment if some other christian religions, such as as the Lutheran church

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Manuscripts

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is a book or document written by hand

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Scribe

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a person who copied books

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navigation

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the science of determining the course, position, and distance travelled ,especially of a ship

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Expansionism

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the actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to expand its power and territory

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Indigenous

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someone born in a country the first inhabitants of an area

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Immunity

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resistance to disease

42
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Imperialism

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the extension of power over a territory including its resources and people.

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