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38 Cards in this Set
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Humanism
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An intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized study of the art and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.
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Secularism
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Being more concerned with earthly matters than spiritual ones.
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Rationalism
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Reliance on reason as the best guide for belief and action.
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Individualism
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Belief in the primary importance of the individual and in the virtues of self-reliance and personal independence
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Baldassare Castiglione
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Italian diplomat and writer best known for Il Cortegiano (1528), which describes the perfect courtier.
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Condittieri
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A leader of mercenary soldiers. Had more direct power over the soldiers than the king did.
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Oligarchy
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Government by a few, especially by rich families.
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Medici family
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Italian bourgeois family that ruled Florence and later Tuscany from c. 1430 to 1737. Provided several popes.
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Sforza family
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Italian family that ruled Milan (1450–1535).
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Charles VII
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King of France (1422–1461). He ended the Hundred Years' War (1453) by driving the English from most of France.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Italian political theorist who wrote The Prince.
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Cesars Borgia
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An Italian politician of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, known for his treachery and cruelty. He was the brother of Lucrezia Borgia.
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Petrarch
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Italian poet, scholar, and humanist who is famous for Canzoniere, a collection of love lyrics.
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Lorenzo Valla
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Italian humanist, philosopher, and literary critic.
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Pico della Mirandola
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Italian Neo-Platonist philosopher and humanist famous for his 900 theses on a variety of scholarly subjects (1486).
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Hermeticism
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Modernist poetic movement originating in Italy in the early 20th century.
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Leonardo Bruni
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A leading humanist, historian and a chancellor of Florence. He has been called the first modern historian.
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Sandro Botticelli
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Italian painter who is known for Primavera and Birth of Venus.
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Donato di Donatello
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Italian sculptor, major innovator in
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Filippo Brunelleschi
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Italian architect who built the dome of the Florence cathedral.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, and scientist.
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Raphael
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Italian painter whose works exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance.
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Michelangelo
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Italian sculptor and painter who created the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
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Donato Bramante
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Italian architect and perspectivist painter.
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Jan van Eyck
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Flemish painter who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting.
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Albrecht Durer
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German painter and engraver.
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Guillaume Dufay
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Flemish composer regarded as the first great composer of the Renaissance. He is well known for his Mass compositions.
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Taille
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A tax imposed on each household and based on how much land they held.
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Louis XI
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King of France (1461–83).
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Henry VII
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King of England (1485–1509) and founder of the Tudor dynasty.
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Court of the Star Chamber
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An English court of law at the royal Palace of Westminster.
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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A king and queen of Spain in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
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Hapsburg Dynasty
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A royal German family that provided rulers for several European states.
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Charles V
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Holy Roman emperor (1519–56) and king of Spain.
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John Wyclif
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Church reformer who translated the Bible into English.
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John Hus
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Czech religious reformer who was excommunicated for criticising the corruption of the clergy.
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Julius II
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The pope who hired Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel.
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Leo X
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A Medici Pope who excommunicated Martin Luther.
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