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18 Cards in this Set
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Latin west |
These were the Western Europeans A time where profound applications aloud for a good future of the world |
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Three-field system |
An alternative for regaining fertility Only technique used that brought production of more crops |
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Black death |
Brought death upon many and solved the problems of overpopulation Most commonly brought by the mongols |
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Water wheels |
Helped pass water along the water mills |
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Hanseatic league |
Northern Europe, these trading cities traded extensively in the Baltic and basically main trade route for all over |
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Guild |
Association of craft specialists |
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Gothic cathedrals |
Architectural wonders of the time in medieval Europe |
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Medici |
This family operated banks in Italy, Flanders, and london Also controlled government of florence |
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Renaissance |
Pace of intellectual and artistic life quickened in this era Began in northern Italy and spread to Northern Europe |
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Universities |
Degree-granting corporations specializing in multidisciplinary research and advanced teaching |
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Scholasticism |
Theologians that were daring enough to put efforts to synthesize reason and faith (like the revealed truth of the Bible) |
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Summa theologica |
The most notable scholastic work |
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Humanists |
Interest in humanities such as the classical disciplines of grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, and ethics |
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Printing press |
Mechanical device that revolutionized printing by pressing inked paper onto sheets |
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Great western schism |
When revival papal claimants at Avignon and Rome vied for the loyalties of Latin christians |
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Hundred years war |
Key example in transformation of politics and warfare Long conflict between king of France and his vassals |
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New monarchies |
Emerged after the Hundred Years' War appearing to be in more control and having greater centralized power |
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Reconquest |
Portugal set out to capture this Iberia and led to another religious crusade |
