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34 Cards in this Set
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Anselm |
Who - Benedictine realist, abbot of benedictine monastery, archbishop of Canterbury What - wrote Benedictine Rule to provide guidelines for abbots and the church When - (1034-1109) 12th century Renaissance Where - England (Canterbury) Why - used new idea of Ontological Proof |
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Flying Buttresses |
Who - Gothic architects What - curved extended exterior arches used to bear weight of large buildings with walls of windows When - medieval Where - Paris Why - allowed larger windows and thinner walls |
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Monasticism |
Who - Christians What - concept from Egypt, isolation from the rest of the world When - early middle ages Where - Rome Why - kept Roman culture alive/preserved |
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Humanism |
Who - Petrach What - study of humanity and its accomplishments When - Renaissance Where - Florence Why - lead to new educational programs: the revival of classical ideals and languages |
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Pope Innocent III |
Who - most powerful of Medieval Popes What - administrative reforms: makes papacy high court of church, organized bureaucracy so that records were well kept, imposed papal will on rulers When - Medieval Where - Europe Why - showed weakness of king's power over pope |
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Notre Dame de Paris
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Who - Gothic architects
What - cathedral: pointed archways, Romanesque floor plan with new Gothic ideas, rose window When - high middle ages (1163-1225) late 12th - early 13th century Where - Paris Why - showed complex theological ideas and idea of changing architectural styles |
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Pierre Ramus |
Who - educated 'philosopher' What - first to teach in French, disliked Aristotle When - Renaissance Where - France Why - created a new style of logic |
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Linear Perspective |
Who - painters What - vanishing points give sense of depth and distance When - Renaissance Where - Europe Why - made paintings look more realistic |
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Medici Family |
Who - Cosimo & Lorenzo What - family into banking and selling cloth; controlled politics Cosimo: first to obtain power w/o holding office Lorenzo: "the Magnificent" was the most powerful When - (1389-1464) (1449-1492) Where - Florence Why - were able to control Forentine politics without holding office |
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Charlemagne |
Who - king of the Franks, "Charles the Great" What - revival of the arts and humanities When - (742-814) Where - Europe Why - reinstitution of empire and intellectual renaissance |
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Secularism |
Who - Jacob Burckhardt What - ideas not of church or religion, promoting ideals of non-Christians, response to religious thinkers When - (mid 19th century) Renaissance Where - Europe Why - provided explanation for those non-religious |
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Michelangelo |
Who - Renaissance artist What - Sistine chapel ceiling (1510) When - Renaissance Where - Italy Why - influenced western art |
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Donatello
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Who - Renaissance sculptor
What - bronze David (1425), commissioned by Cosimo When - Renaissance Where - Florence Why - influenced other artists |
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Magna Carta |
Who - King John & barons What - limited the power of the king When - 1215 Where - Europe Why - protected the church's rights |
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Chivalry |
Who - knights What - unwritten "code of conduct" for knights to follow When - high middle ages Where - Europe Why - influenced the behavior of knights |
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Trivium & Quadrivium |
Who - undergraduate students What - Trivium: grammar, rhetoric, logic Quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music When - Renaissance and Medieval Where - Europe Why - showed evolution of education and what was learned during that time |
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studia humanitatis |
Who - students What - new education system incorporating Trivium, Quadrivium, Greek, and Latin When - Renaissance Where - Europe Why - went back to Greek ideals and showed dignity of humans |
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Dominicans |
Who - group of friars, founded by Domingo de Guzman What - focused on enforcing correct doctrine, professors at universities, manned the inquisition When - late 12th century (high middle ages) Where - Europe Why - controlled education and led inquisition |
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Civic Humanism |
Who - Machiavelli What - course of study promoting good citizens, using skills for the good of the community When - Early Renaissance Where - Florence Why - connected learned skills to everyday life |
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Divine Comedy |
Who - Dante What - written about symbolic journey through levels of hell (inferno, purgatory, paradise) When - 13th or 14th century Where - Italy Why - extremely symbolic (trinity - 3 layers of hell, 3 characteristics of Beatrice) |
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Summa Theologica |
Who - Thomas Aquinas What - harmonizes Bible with Aristotle, used scholastic method, 5 proofs of God's existence When - 1917 Where - Paris Why - used old ideas to connect them with new ones |
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Leonardo da Vinci |
Who - Italian Renaissance Artist What - Mona Lisa (1506), Last Supper (1498) When - (1452-1519) Renaissance Where - Italy Why - epitomized Renaissance humanist ideal |
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Serfdom |
Who - serfs What - "enslaved" people with a choice When - High Middle Ages Where - Europe Why - replaced slavery, New Testament allowed it |
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Vernacular |
Who - writers What - language associated with a place When - Early Renaissance Where - Europe Why - allowed literature to be more widely spread |
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Gothic |
Who - architects What - ribbed vaults, pointed arches, flying buttresses, higher walls, large stained glass windows When - late 12th century (High Middle Ages) Where - Europe Why - larger walls supported buttresses, was influenced by religion |
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Romanesque |
Who - architects What - blocky appearance, round arches, heavy, thick walls, small windows, highly decorated When - Early Middle Ages Where - Europe Why - showed evolution of architecture |
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Scholastic Method |
Who - Abelard What - uses doubt and contradictory reviews to come to the truth When - Middle Ages Where - Europe Why - primary form of inquiry in middle ages |
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Realism & Nominalism
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Who - thinkers
What - types of thinking Realists: universals are seal, independent of the particular Nominalists: universals exist in the mind of the knower, need to know particulars When - 12th century Renaissance Where - Europe Why - showed new and different ways of thinking |
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Athens
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doric, ionic, corinthian
democracy warrior society urban |
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Rome
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hellenistic
monarchy patricians v plebians religion-based society |
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Paris
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gothic, baroque
monarchy (separate church/state) education oriented society urban |
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Athens Examples
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Pericles' Funeral Speech: (democracy) favors many instead of few, equal justice to all
The Melian Debate: (warrior society) Athenians sent a lot of soldiers to fight at the Isle of Milos |
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Rome Examples
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Slave Law of Roman and Germanic Society: (patricians v plebians) shows that pats were viewed as above plebs in the same was as slaves and masters
Achievements of Augustus: (monarchy) final authority comes from monarch, they have all rights and power |
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Paris Examples
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Introduction to Digest of Emperor Justinian: (education important) royal privileges given to the University of Paris
(justice) give man what he is entitled to Life at a Medieval University: (education) said to be valued and gives power |
