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31 Cards in this Set
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renaissance
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the word for the period from 1350-1550, meaning rebirth
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secular
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this means having a worldly viewpoint - the enjoyment of material things
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humanism
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this word relates to the new learning of the period
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florence
milan venice |
what were the most important cities of the renaissance
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civic humanism
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tgus term refers to the public pride cities felt which lef them to embark a policy of beautification and a competition between the city-states to be the best
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sforza
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what family came to dominate milan after 1447
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mercenaries
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soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder
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on the dignity of man
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this essay maintained that man's lpace in the universe may be somewhere between beasts and angels but that there are no limits to what man can accomplish
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pico della mirandora
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author of on the dignity of man
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medici
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what family came to dominate florece after 1434
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lorenzo de medici
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grandson of Cosimo de Medici, he dominated his city at a time when it was the cultural center of italy
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on the false donation of constantine
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this work demonstrated that the document which gave the papal states to the church was forgery.
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lorenzo valla
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author of on the false donation of constantine
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giroland savonarola
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dominican preacher who began condeming the corruption and excesses of the medici family. he and his followers took over florence. he was burned at the stake for heresy
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charles VIII if france
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he led an army of 30 000 into italy in 1494 and occupied the kingdom of naples in southern italy
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sack of rome
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in this event, thousands of soldiers went beserk in a frenzy of bloodshed and looting.
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patriarchs
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who was the top of urban society
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trade,industry, and banking
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what was the source of wealth for patriarchs
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burghers
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what group was directly below patriarchs
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workers/unemployed
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finally, what group were at the bottom of the urban society
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the book ov courtier
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this book described the ideals that nobles and aristocrats were expected to fulfull
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baldassare castiglione
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author of the book of courtier
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born, not made; had character, grace, talent
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1st characteristic of nobles
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proform military and physical exercise
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2nd characteristic of nobles
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gain a classical education and where rich
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3rd characteristic of nobles
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father - husband
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who was the center of the italian family
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suprevised family
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what was the chief role of women
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francesco patrarch
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poet and humanist who described the renaissance as the start of a new age, period of light following the long night of medieval gloom
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burghers
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the middle class, including murchants, industrialists, and professional people
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republic
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a form of government in which leader or head of governemnt is not a king
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the prince
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one of the most influential works on political power in the western world, it converns how to acuire - and keep - political power it said men are ungrateful, frickle, liers
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