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14 Cards in this Set
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Italian Renaissance |
A period from 1350-1550 that marked the rebirth of the ancient Greek and Roman Worlds in Italy. |
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Urban Society |
A society in which cities are the center of political and economic life. |
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Secular |
Worldly or world wide. |
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Leonardo da Vinci |
A painter, mathematician, architect and inventor who lived during the Italian Renaissance. One of his most famous works is the "Mona Lisa". |
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Milan |
A city in northwest Italy, one of the richest city-states, and was ruled by the Visconti family during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. |
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Francesco Sforza |
Took control of Milan after the last of the Visconti family died in 1447. |
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Venice |
A city in northeast Italy, an international power, officially a republic run by an elected "doge" but actually run merchant-aristocrats, a link between Asia and Western Europe. |
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Florence |
A city in central Italy, the cultural center of Italy during the early and mid-fifteenth century. |
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Cosimo de' Medici |
Took control of the city of Florence when it was the center of cultural influence. |
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Lorenzo de' Medici |
Grandson to Cosimo de' Medici and also controller of the city of Florence during its age of cultural influence. |
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Mercenaries |
Soldiers for hire to the highest bidder. |
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Rome |
The fall and looting of this city allowed the Italian Wars to come to an end and the Spanish to win and gain control of Italy. |
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Niccolo Machiavelli |
Author of the book "The Prince" which told of how to gain and keep political power. In the book, he rejects the at the time popular idea that a ruler should be based on Christian Principles. |
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dowery |
an amount of money that was given to the husband of a marriage by the family of the wife. |
