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What means "rebirth" in French and was considered by most scholars to be a time of transition from medieval to modern times
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Renaissance
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He was considered by some to be Erasmus's theological successor and posted 95 theses against indulgences in 1517
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Martin Luther
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True or false:Spain never had more religious toleration than during the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella
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False
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The first modern sailors recorded to circumnavigate the globe were?
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Spanish
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True or false: Lorenzo the Magnificent ruled Florence in the late fifteenth century.
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True
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The War of the Roses lasted from
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1455 to 1485
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Cosmo de' __________ was the wealthiest Florentine and a natural statesman.
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Medici
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The ability to act decisively and heroically
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Virtu
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True or false:Native Americans readily converted to Christianity
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False
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Julius came to be known as the "__________ pope," because he brought the Renaissance papacy to a peak of military prowess and diplomatic intrigue.
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Warrior
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True or false:Thomas More was excecuted for writing Utopia
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False
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Niccolò __________ wrote The Prince in 1513
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Machiavelli
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__________ were military brokers through which mercenary armies could be obtained
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Condottieri
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The __________ is a large landed estate owned by persons originally born in Spain or persons of Spanish descent born in America
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Haciendas
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True or false:The influx of spices and precious metals inflated the price of goods while wages and rent remained well behind the new prices
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True
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Who wrote Divine Comedy and Vita Nuova?
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Dante Alighieri
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The labor servitude whereby adult male Indians would devote a number of days of labor to Spanish enterprises is known as
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Repartimiento
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The use of shading to enhance naturalness in painting and drawing
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Chiaroscuro
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Education designed to promote humanist leader of political and cultural life
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Civic humanism
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Military brokers who furnished mercenary forces to the Italian states during the Renaissance
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Condottieri
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Meaning "conquerors." The Spanish conquerors of the New World
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Conquistadores
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The grant by the Spanish to a colonist of the labor of a specific number of Indians for a set period oftime
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Encomienda
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The royal tax on salt in France
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Gabelle
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The agreement in 1356 to establish a seven-member electoral college of German princes to choose the Holy Roman Emperor
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Golden Bull
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The study of the Latin and Greek classics and of the Church Fathers both for their own sake and to promote a rebirth of ancient norms and values
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Humanism
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The Roman name for a liberal arts education
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Humanitas
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A style of art in the mid to late sixteenth century that permitted artists to express their own "manner" or feelings in contrast to the symmetry and simplicity of the art of the High Renaissance
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Mannerism
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Philosophy of Plato that posits preexistent Ideal Forms of which all earthly things are imperfect models
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Platonism
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During the Renaissance, a liberal arts program of study that embraced grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, philosophy, and politics
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Studiahumanitatis
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(1492-1503) Corrupt Spanish pope. He was aided militarily and politically by his son Cesare Borgia, who was the hero of The Prince.
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Alexander VI
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Medieval Italian poet wrote Inferno and Divine Comedy. Dealt the influence of the afterlife.
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Dante Alighieri
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Wrote the Decameron which tells about ambitious merchants, portrays a sensual, and worldly society.
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Boccaccio
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One of the leading painters of the Florentine renaissance, developed a highly personal style. The Birth of Venus
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Botticelli
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Italian architect, celebrated for work during Florentine Renaissance. He was anti-Gothic. Foundling Hospital in Florence.
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Brunelleschi
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Worked in Rome. Painted the Sistine Chapel for Pope Julius II. Sculpted the statue of David.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Wrote The Courtier which was about education and manners and had a great influence. It said that an upper class, educated man should know many academic subjects and should be trained in music, dance, and art.
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Castiglione
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Artist who made sculptures and religious paintings like the Last Supper.
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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r(1469-1492) The Medici’s were a great banking family in Florence in the 15th century. Ruled government of Florence from behind the scene.
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Lorenzo de Medici
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Spanish writer. Wrote Don Quixote.
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Miguel De Cervantes
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Wrote On the Dignity of Man which stated that man was made in the image of God before the fall and as Christ after the Resurrection. Man is placed in-between beasts and the angels. He also believed that there is no limits to what man can accomplish.
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Pico Della Mirandola
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Sculptor. Probably exerted greatest influence of any Florentine artist before Michelangelo. His statues expressed an appreciation of the incredible variety of human nature.
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Donatello
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Dutch Humanist and friend of Sir Thomas More. Perhaps the most intellectual man in Europe and widely respected. Believed the problems in the Catholic Church could be fixed; did not suport the idea of a Reformation. Wrote Praise of Folly.
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Erasmus
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Headed leading banking, and trading house in l6th century Europe.
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Jacob Fugger
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Florentine Painter who led the way in the use of realism.
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Giotto
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German Painter noted for his portraits and religious paintings.
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Hans Holbein the Younger
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Studied the Latin classics to learn what they reveal about human nature. Emphasized human beings, their achievements, interests, and capabilities.
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Humanism
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Individualism stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and the fullest development of capabilities and talents.
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Individualism
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r(1503-1513) Pope - very militaristic. Tore down the old Saint Peter’s Basilica and began work on the present structure in 1506. Sponsored Michaelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel.
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Julius II
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Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. "End justifies the means."
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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The finest representative of early modern skepticism. Created a new genre, the essay.
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Montaigne
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Englishman, lawyer, politician, Chancellor for Henry VIII. Wrote Utopia which presented a revolutionary view of society, in which the problems of society were caused by greed. Executed by Henry VIII for not compromising his religious beliefs in 1535.
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Sir Thomas More
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Monarchies that took measures to limit the power of the Roman Catholic Church within their countries. The people loved the idea of being the monarch and removed all competition. They were very Machiavellian. Included Henry VII and Henry VIII of England.
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"New Monarchs"
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Conspiracy to overthrow the Medici’s. Failed, and Medici retribution was swift and very violent.
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Pazzi Conspiracy
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Father of the Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to represent the peak in the development of human civilization.
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Petrarch
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French satirical author.Gargantua and Pantagruel.
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Rabelais
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A man that is multitalented and is well educated. The example being Michaelangelo.
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"Renaissance Man"
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The awakening from the dark ages and the focusing on the Roman’s.
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Revival of antiquity
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(1452-1498) Dominican friar who attacked paganism and moral vice of Medici and Alexander VI. Burned at the stake in Florence.
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Friar Girolamo Savonarola
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The belief in material things instead of religious things. This was a shift away from Medieval thinking.
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Secularism
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On Pleasure, and On the False Donation of Constantine, which challenged the authority of the papacy. Father of modern historical criticism.
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Lorenzo Valla
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Everyday language of a specific nation.
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Vernacular
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The striving for excellence and being a virtuous person. Humanistic aspect of Renaissance.
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Virtu
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1304
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birth of Petrach
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1603
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death of Elizabeth I; end of Tudor dynasty
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Who said "The end justifies the means"
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Machiavelli
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Who said "men can do all things if they will"
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Alberti
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Who said "there is no limits to what humans can achieve"
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Pico della Mirandola
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What came before the Renaissance?
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Middle Ages; scholasticism; Thomas Aquinas
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Causes of the Renaissance
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Individualism - emphasis on individual and genius
Humanism - sought to understand human nature through studying the classics Secularism - concern with material world rather than religious Italians focused on greed and money |
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Who wrote On Pleasure; defended materialism
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De Valla
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Who wrote Decameron; defended materialism
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Boccacio
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Who wrote Book of the Courtier
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Castiglione
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Father of the Renaissance
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Petrarch
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Last Supper
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Da Vinci
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School at Athens
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Raphael
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David
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Michalangelo
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Dome of the cathedral at Florence
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Bruneschelli
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What were the effects of the Renaissance?
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Art changes in style (see examples)
Literature changes - more secular Education - used to develop moral behavior Politics - Machiavelli; the Medicis - power politics Women - upper school women's right declined |
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Issues of the Northern Renaissance
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More Christian - social reform based on Christian morals
Wanted to create a better society by mixing education, Christian morality, and classicism |
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In Praise of Folly
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Erasmus
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Utopia
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More
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Gargantua and Pantagruel
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Rabelias
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Don Quixote
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Cervantes
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Three artists of the Northern Renaissance
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Van Eyck
Rembrandt Hans Holbein |
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Wood cutting
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Martin Durer
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The effects on education of the Northern Renaissance
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Emphasis on education
i.printing press ii. increase in universities |
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The effects on art and architecture of the Northern Renaissance
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i. more religious
ii. influenced by classics Van Eyck; Bosche |
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The effects on politics of the Northern Renaissance
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New Monarchs - powerful, ruthless, Machiavellian
i. Louis XI - France ii. Henry VII - England iii. Ferdinand and Isabella - Spain |
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Another effect of the Northern Renaissance
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Increase in royal authority and sense of national identity
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Cueto
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Cueto
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Rise of the Dutch West India Company
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1650
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Who said "I have come to win gold not to plow the fields like a peasant"
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Cortez
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Curiousity of explorers
Henry the Navigator Improved technology Gold, God and glory Empire building |
Causes of the Exploration
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What were the issues of the Exploration
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Spread of Christianity
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Who made a school for navigators and map-makers
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Henry the Navigator
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Who took over the Aztecs?
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Cortez
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Who took over the Incas?
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Pissaro
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Who was the first European known to have sailed around the Southern tip of Africa?
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Bartolomeu Dias
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Who was the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India?
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Vasco da Gama
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Who worked as a cartographer (mapmaker) for England's King Henry VIII, a captain for Spain's King Ferdinand V, explored for England's King Henry VII, and secretly explored for Venice.
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Sebastian Cabot
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Who sailed from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, landing in the "new world" of the Americas and gaining lasting fame?
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Christopher Columbus
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Who completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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What was the effects of exploration?
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Native people enslaved or killed
Influx of gold International competition |
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Pope Alexander VI set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas, signed by Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Italian-born navigator explored the coast of New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. Gave England a claim in North America.
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John Cabot
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Claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500. He had intended to follow Da Gama but was blown off course.
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Pedro Cabra
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(1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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(1487-1488) Portuguese, first European to reach the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
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Bartholomew Diaz
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Sailed from Portugal and landed in India in 1498.
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Vasco da Gama
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English sea captain, robbed Spanish treasure ships; 'singed the king beard'; involved in the armada. The second person to circumnavigate the globe.
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Sir Francis Drake
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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isablella of Casille were the monarchs who united Spain in 1469 when they married. Responsible for the success of the reconquista in 1492.
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Indians were required to work a certain number of days for a land owner, but had their own land to work as well.
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Encomienda
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Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory.
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Conquistadores
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1480?-1521) Portuguese-born navigator. Hired by Spain to sail to the Indies in 1519. (The same year HRE Charles V became empreor.) Magellan was killed in the Philippines (1521). One of his ships returned to Spain (1522), thereby completing the first circumnavigation of the globe.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska. Sought by English and French navigators since the 16th century.
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Northwest Passage
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English courtier, navigator, colonizer, and writer. A favorite of Elizabeth I, he introduced tobacco and the potato to Europe. Convicted of treason by James I, he was released for another expedition to Guiana and executed after its failure.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Italian explorer of the Atlantic coast of North America.
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Giovanni de Verrazano
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He sailed from Lisbon with a large fleet to capitalize on da Gama’s explorations. Unfortunately he was blown off course, fortunately he landed in Brazil in 1500, thus claiming the land for Portugal.
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Pedro Alvares Cabral
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The reason for increased exploration
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“Gold, God, and glory” .
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Other reasons for exploration
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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile married and united the country and defeated the Moors and the Jews - the reconquista.
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In 1415 Portuguese took what from the Muslims and opened the door to further exploration.
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Cuerta
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Portugal ended what monopoly in Asian trade.
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Venetian and Muslim monopoly
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Who crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
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Who discovered Florida.
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Ponce de León
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Spanish explorers created a system of in the New World that mirrored Spanish administration in Spain.
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Administration
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Natives were used in what and on plantations often with ruthless brutality.
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Gold and silver
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All natives in the New World were declared subjects of Spain and as such what?
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Taxable
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What allowed the natives to be used as laborers and required to pay tribute to their lord
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Encomienda
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The New World was divided into four viceroys:
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New Spain - Mexico, California
Peru - Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador New Granada - Venezuela, Colombia, Panama La Plata - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay |
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In 1497 and 1498 Venetian John Cabot sponsored by who?
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Henry VII of England
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Because they were unable to find gold or spices the English used the colonies for other purposes:
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Religious prosecution
Political prosecution Adventure Trade |
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The Virginia Company settled where in 1607 and soon started exporting what?
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Jamestown, tobacco
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What group of people settled Massachusetts in 1620?
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Pilgrims
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Who sailed for France, sailed along the North Atlantic coast, possibly into New York harbor in 1524?
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Verrazano
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Who sailed up the St. Lawrence River to Quebec - claimed the area for France?
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Cartier
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Who founded Quebec - the first permanent French settlement in the Americas?
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Samuel de Champlain
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Who explored the Mississippi Valley?
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Marquette and Joliet
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What are the economic effects of Exploration?
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With inflation the cost of production rose and Spain could not compete on the international market.Spain had expelled many farmers, artisans, and Jews, and was unable to produce enough food so prices rose.
King Philip II paid his debts with silver and so all of Europe started to suffer especially the poor |
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Other effects of the Exploration
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European diseases wiped out perhaps as many as 75% of the indigenous population.The European diet was changed forever as potatoes, coffee, corn, tomatoes, and tobacco were introduced.
The horse, was introduced to the Americas. |
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What group of people settled Massachusetts in 1620?
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Pilgrims
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Who sailed for France, sailed along the North Atlantic coast, possibly into New York harbor in 1524?
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Verrazano
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Who sailed up the St. Lawrence River to Quebec - claimed the area for France?
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Cartier
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Who founded Quebec - the first permanent French settlement in the Americas?
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Samuel de Champlain
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Who explored the Mississippi Valley?
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Marquette and Joliet
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What are the economic effects of Exploration?
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With inflation the cost of production rose and Spain could not compete on the international market.Spain had expelled many farmers, artisans, and Jews, and was unable to produce enough food so prices rose.
King Philip II paid his debts with silver and so all of Europe started to suffer especially the poor |
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Other effects of the Exploration
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European diseases wiped out perhaps as many as 75% of the indigenous population.The European diet was changed forever as potatoes, coffee, corn, tomatoes, and tobacco were introduced.
The horse, was introduced to the Americas. |