Renaissance

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4 States of Italy

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Florence, Milan, Venice, and Papal States made up Italy during the renaissance.

Served as cultural centers for the thriving of new culture.

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Renaissance

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Time period in the 15th century. It was a time of cultural revival and new innovative intellectual developments.

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Medici Family

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Banking family in Florence.

Served as the main patrons to intellectuals of the renaissance.

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Humanism

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Intellectual revival of Greco-Roman culture.

Served as the basis for the new artistic and literary developments in the renaissance.

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Secularism

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The separation of religion from other fields like the arts and politics.

Was a new development during the renaissance.

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Patron

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Those who sponsored artists in the renaissance to create art.

These people made it possible for artists to work freely.

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Brunelleschi

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Architect who built the Duomo of Florence.

Used classical influence in his building if the Duomo.

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Petrach

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Intellectual of Florence who started Humanism.

Humanism became the spark to most of the renaissance achievements.

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Laura Cetera

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One of the few women who received humanist teachings.

Set an example to woman and served as a trail blazer for women of her time who were often oppressed.

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Castiglione's "Book of the Courtier"

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The book talked about how nobles should be well rounded as educated .

Encouraged the upper classes to serve be more intellectual.

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Boccaccio

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He was a Florentine writer of the vernacular who sparked the use of it in the rest of Italy.

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Machiavelli's "The Prince"

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This book talked about what a monarch need to do in order to maintain power. Although it sounded harsh it proved efficient for many of the successful rulers.2

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Neo-Platonism

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The combination of Plato's teachings with Christianity that said the universe was held together by sympathetic love to all levels in the chain of being.

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Peace of Lodi

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A treaty between all Italian states.

Allowed peace for a time where knowledge thrives and what became the renaissance.

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Printing Press

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The first printer.

Made knowledge much more accessible to the masses and in combo with vernacular made the renaissance a lot more wide spread.

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Erasmus

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Norther Renaissance humanist.

He embodied the idea of a Christian humanist which were those who went to the original scriptures to understand religion.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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"The Renaissance Man"

He was an Italian Renaissance man who was very well educated in all of the fields of the time.

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Castiglione's "Book of the Courtier"

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The book talked about how nobles should be well rounded as educated .

Encouraged the upper classes to serve be more intellectual.

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Pope Julius II

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The warrior pope.

He was known for leading armies himself even though he was a pope.

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Boccaccio

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He was a Florentine writer of the vernacular who sparked the use of it in the rest of Italy.

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Machiavelli's "The Prince"

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This book talked about what a monarch need to do in order to maintain power. Although it sounded harsh it proved efficient for many of the successful rulers.2

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Neo-Platonism

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The combination of Plato's teachings with Christianity that said the universe was held together by sympathetic love to all levels in the chain of being.

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Peace of Lodi

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A treaty between all Italian states.

Allowed peace for a time where knowledge thrives and what became the renaissance.

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Printing Press

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The first printer.

Made knowledge much more accessible to the masses and in combo with vernacular made the renaissance a lot more wide spread.

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Erasmus

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Norther Renaissance humanist.

He embodied the idea of a Christian humanist which were those who went to the original scriptures to understand religion.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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"The Renaissance Man"

He was an Italian Renaissance man who was very well educated in all of the fields of the time.

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Raphael

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Painted the "School of Athens"

Was commissioned to paint the S.o.A. in the Vatican. He was a renaissance superpower.

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Michelangelo

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Sculpted "David" and painted the Sistine Chapel.

He was a revolutionary artists who's work was widely recognized and showcases around Rome.

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Nepotism

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Favoring of family into positions of importance.

Popes used this to keep their families in power in Italy.

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Northern Renaissance

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The age of Renaissance in Northern Europe.

Was district because their was Christian humanism and other religious revelations that lead to the reformation.

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Hapsburg

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The German dynasty that was in power during the Renaissance.

Eventually fought in the was that ended the Italian Renaissance.

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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The monarchs of Spain.

Two monarch that married and created Spain and ultimately a European, catholic superpower.

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War of Roses

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Civil war of England in 1450s.

Eventually lead to the Tudor dynasty that ruled England and centralized power into the monarchy.