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oligarchies
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a form of power in which power rests with a small number of people. These people could be royalty
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nepotism
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having no offspring of your own so you give nephews the leadership.
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quatttrocentro/cinquecentro
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the artistic styles of the late Middle Ages
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latin vulgate
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promulgated Latin version of the Bible in the Roman Catholic Church.
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dowries
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a process whereby parental property is distributed to a daughter at her marriage
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pluralism
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diversity instead of only one
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infanticide
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the intentional killing of infants
-within 24 hours of birth, done by mother - more than a day old, done by father |
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philology
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the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary criticism, history, and linguistics
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simony
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the act of paying to receive sacraments
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civic humanism
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a form of republicanism developed in the Renaissance
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virtu
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the will to acheive great things
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indulgences
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forgiveness of sin
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sfumato
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a painting technique in which there are no harsh outlines, and areas of different colours blend together
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perspective
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the way in which objects appear to the eye
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chiaroscuro
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using contrasts of light and dark to achieve a sense of volume/3D
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contrapposto
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a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot giving the figure a more relaxed appearance.
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baldassare castiglione
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wrote the courtier, was a soldier
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niccolo machiavelli
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wrote the prince
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petrarch
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Father of Humanism, thought of middle ages as dark ages
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lorenzo valla
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proved that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery.
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pico della mirandola
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wrote Oration on the Dignity of Man
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johann gutenberg
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invented mechanical movable type printing
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fall of constantinople - 1453
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capture of the capital of the eastern roman empire by led by Mehmed II
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condottieri
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mercenary soldier leaders of the professional, military contracted by the Italian city-states and the Papacy
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