Aca Deca: Superquiz S1: Florence

Front 1

When did Florences struggle with Pisa end?

Back 1

1250, last medieval emperor died

Hint 1

2+3

Front 2

Who was the last medieval emperor?

Back 2

Frederick II

Hint 2

Fred2

Front 3

What what Florences coinage in 1252?

Back 3

gold florin

Hint 3

durrr

Front 4

Was Florence a Guelf or Ghibelline city?

Back 4

Guelf

Hint 4

golf

Front 5

What side were the Guelf's on?

Back 5

papacy against empire

Hint 5

jedi smelly dried stuff

Front 6

Guelf alliance meant what for Florentine bankers?

Back 6

buisness of the papacy and special priverleges that cam along with that

Hint 6

easy $

Front 7

What two careers were able to take over the government in 1282?

Back 7

merchants and bankers

Hint 7

monopoly money

Front 8

What was the gov before bankers and merchants?

Back 8

old magnates weakened by disunity

Hint 8

magnets

Front 9

After 1283, what was the ruling class called?

Back 9

the popolo, or people

Hint 9

po

Front 10

How many guilds did the popolo consist of?

Back 10

twenty one

Hint 10

drinking age

Front 11

How many greater guilds in popolo grasso?

Back 11

7

Hint 11

fat people

Front 12

How many lesser guilds in popolo minuto?

Back 12

14

Hint 12

little people

Front 13

What were some of the jobs of the popolo grasso?

Back 13

wool manufacturers, wool finishers, silk merchants, and bankers

Hint 13

sheep, worms, money

Front 14

How many priors were in the popolo grasso's executive body?

Back 14

6, later 8

Hint 14

# of letters in g

Front 15

How often were the priors re-elected?

Back 15

every 2 months

Hint 15

mo-ts

Front 16

Florence called itself a republic, but what was it really?

Back 16

oligarchy

Hint 16

nepotism

Front 17

What was the large class with no political power?

Back 17

plebians

Hint 17

toil

Front 18

Was the working class allowed to form guilds?

Back 18

no

Hint 18

nei

Front 19

What action made sure that the new ruling class (popolo's) kept power without rebellion from former magnates of 1282?

Back 19

Ordinances of Justice of 1293

Hint 19

OJ +11

Front 20

What was the seventh prior called and what was his job?

Back 20

gonfaloniere of justice, executing sentences against nobles

Hint 20

gondola of j against meanies

Front 21

How many men did the gonfaloniere have to help him?

Back 21

1000 men

Hint 21

k

Front 22

What year were nobles finally allowed to hold positions as priors?

Back 22

1295

Hint 22

2 years after OJ

Front 23

What sections did the Guelfs split into in Florence?

Back 23

Black and White

Hint 23

opposites

Front 24

Who helped the Black's win and savagely persecuted the Whites in 1301?

Back 24

Pope Boniface VIII and Charles of Valois(french prince)

Hint 24

smelly pretty face 8
uncle charley of valium

Front 25

What famous people went into exile when the White faction was persecuted in 1301?

Back 25

Dante and Petrarch's father

Hint 25

inferno and human grandaddy

Front 26

What year had Florence reached a peak of prosperity?

Back 26

1338

Hint 26

+2 +0 +5

Front 27

What two banks went bankrupt because of Edward III(king of england) in 1339?

Back 27

Bardi and Peruzzi

Hint 27

not druids and pizza

Front 28

Who did Florence call in to take over during the economic crisis caused by edward iii and the banks?

Back 28

Walter of Brienne, duke of Athens, member of ruling family of Naples

Hint 28

walnuts and brie

Front 29

What year was Walter of Brienne kicked out?

Back 29

1342

Hint 29

+2 +1 -2

Front 30

How long was the interlude where the lesser guilds held more power than the greater guilds?

Back 30

35 years

Hint 30

20 yars go 4m

Front 31

In what war were Florence and the Pope actually fighting from 1375-1378?

Back 31

War of the Eight Saints

Front 32

What were the two catasrophic events of the 1340's that shattered the well being of the city?

Back 32

Bardi and Peruzzi went bankrupt
and
Black death arrived, killing 50,000 in Florence

Hint 32

no money brings boils

Front 33

Who suffered most from economic depression?

Back 33

the poor

Hint 33

no $

Front 34

What was the rising of the workers that occured in 1378, consisting mostly of wool carders?

Back 34

Revolt of the Ciompi

Hint 34

chompy

Front 35

When did the Revolt of the Ciompi end?

Back 35

1382

Hint 35

+2+5-6

Front 36

Who tried to take over Florence, but was stopped in 1402?

Back 36

Gian Galeazzo

Hint 36

he died

Front 37

Who did the Florentines expell in 1343?

Back 37

Duke of Athens

Hint 37

olympics

Front 38

In 1425, when Filippo Maria Visconti tried to take over Florence, what city state helped?

Back 38

Venice

Hint 38

gondola

Front 39

When this person tried to take over Venice, the bond between Florence and Venice was called off by the Florentines.

Back 39

Francesco Sforza

Hint 39

Fran

Front 40

Before the craze in the idea of "Florentine Liberty" began, who did the Florentines attribute the creation of the city to?

Back 40

Julius Caesar

Hint 40

salad

Front 41

After the craze about "florentine liberty" who did the Florentines trribute the creation of the city to?

Back 41

a settlement by Sulla's soldiers

Hint 41

sullens men

Front 42

When was civic freedom fortified?

Back 42

1434, when Cosimo de Medici came to power

Hint 42

daddy

Front 43

When did Cosimo de Medici die?

Back 43

1464

Hint 43

+4+2-2

Front 44

What class did the Medici's show sympathy to, hence winning their complete power?

Back 44

poor

Hint 44

opposites

Front 45

When greek scholars arrived in the church council in florence, who did cosimo begin to study?

Back 45

Plato

Hint 45

cake mix you cant eat

Front 46

Where was the first public library in Europe?

Back 46

the monastery of San Marco

Hint 46

san gay guy from degrassi

Front 47

Name one church that Cosimo de Medici helped with.

Back 47

San Lorenzo

Hint 47

san like lazagna but not

Front 48

who is considered the greatest architect of the time of cosimo de medici?

Back 48

brunelleschi

Hint 48

duomo

Front 49

Name two artists patronized by Cosimo de Medici.

Back 49

Fra Angelico and Donatello

Hint 49

turtle and angel

Front 50

Who did Cosimo help take over Milan?

Back 50

Francesco Sforza

Hint 50

Fran

Front 51

Where was Cosimo de Medici buried?

Back 51

church of San Lorenzo

Hint 51

san lazagna

Front 52

What is the translation of Pater Patriae?

Back 52

Father of the Fatherland

Hint 52

u know it isnt peter parker

Front 53

Who was Cosimo's sucessor?

Back 53

Piero de Medici

Hint 53

p

Front 54

How long did Piero rule?

Back 54

5 years

Hint 54

cinq

Front 55

How old was Lorenzo de Medici when he had to take control of Florence?

Back 55

20

Hint 55

vingt

Front 56

What family tried to threaten Lorenzo's rule?

Back 56

Pazzi

Hint 56

pizza

Front 57

Who ecouraged the Pazzi in their plight?

Back 57

Pope Sixtus IV

Hint 57

six four

Front 58

What day did the Pazzi attempt to kill Lorenzo and Guiliano at mass?

Back 58

April 26th, 1478

Hint 58

too complicated for clue

Front 59

Of the two brother's, who survived the conspiracy?

Back 59

Lorenzo

Hint 59

the living one

Front 60

What was Lorenzo's punishment for not being murdered?

Back 60

excommunication

Hint 60

only a pope can do it

Front 61

What city state helped the popes declare war on Florence?

Back 61

Naples

Hint 61

nickle nips

Front 62

How long was the war between Naples and Florence?

Back 62

1478-1479, one year

Hint 62

1

Front 63

Who did Lorenzo go visit without permission to end the war?

Back 63

Ferrante, the king of Naples

Hint 63

king Ferarri

Front 64

What year did the Turks occupy Italy?

Back 64

1480

Hint 64

same year war ended

Front 65

How did the Turk occupation end?

Back 65

Mohammad II died

Hint 65

prophet died

Front 66

What northern country did Lorenzo have to maintain good relations with to prevent their domination?

Back 66

France

Hint 66

le langue que je parle

Front 67

The Council of ______ was set up and controlled by Lorenzo and given charge of the main functions of the goverment.

Back 67

Seventy

Hint 67

soixant dix

Front 68

What was created and controlled by Lorenzo in 1490 to nominate the priors?

Back 68

Committee of Seventeen

Hint 68

one year your age comm

Front 69

True or False: Near the end of his career, Lorenzo used public money for private purposes.

Back 69

True

Hint 69

stave off monarchs

Front 70

Who was creating a strong Spanish monarchy by taking parts of Italy?

Back 70

Ferdinand and Isabella

Hint 70

took out moors

Front 71

What was Ferdinand king of?

Back 71

Sicily

Hint 71

never mess with one

Front 72

When did Lorenzo de Medici die?

Back 72

April 8, 1492

Hint 72

columbus

Front 73

How old was Lorenzo de Medici when he died?

Back 73

43

Hint 73

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