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35 Cards in this Set
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Beowulf |
Medieval Epic |
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The Knights Unwritten Code of Conduct |
Chivalry |
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The Rule of Saint Benedict |
Standard for monasteries under Charlemagne |
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Bayeux Tapestry |
Documents the Norman invasion of 1066 |
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Domesday Book |
William I of Normandy's survey of England in 1086 |
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Architectural Innovation |
Barrel Vault |
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Memento Mori |
Reminder of Death |
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Lancelot is an example of |
A medieval Romance |
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What was the purpose of stained glass windows? |
To tell the stories of the bible |
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What is the purpose of the flying buttress? |
To make the buildings look light |
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Who was Thomas Aquinas and what did he write? |
The Summa Theological and was a spokesman for Scholasticism |
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Florence was the center of what industry? |
Textile |
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What city introduced the Golden florin? |
Florence |
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Who is the author of the Divine Comedy? |
Dante |
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Who wrote the Canterbury Tales? |
Geoffrey Chaucer |
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Who wrote the Decameron and what did it's intro describe? |
Giovanni Boccaccio and the intro describes the Black Death |
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"The most preeminent Italian city-state in fifteenth century." |
Florence |
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Powerful banking family |
The Medicis |
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Who was the scholar of classics that coined the term "Platonic love". |
Ficini |
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Son Lorenzo |
il Magnifico |
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What was the bible story that was chosen for the doors for the Florence Cathedral Baptistery? |
Abraham and Isaac |
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Who wrote "Oration on the Dignity of Man"? |
Pico Della Mirandola |
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Who painted the last supper? |
Leonardo da Vinci |
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Where did Michelangelo create the statue of David out of marble? |
Florence |
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How did Pope Julius II finance the construction of St. Peter's Basilica? |
Through the sale of indulgences |
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Why did Martin Luther launch the Protestant Reformation? |
The sale of indulgences |
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Who did the Pope hire to paint the library and what did the artist create? |
Raphael, School of Athens |
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Who wrote "The Prince" and what did it say the Prince's primary duty was? |
Machiavelli, and to wage war |
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Who painted the Garden of Earthly Delights? |
Bosch |
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Who created the Isenheim Altarpiece |
Grünewald |
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Who created The Large Turf |
Dürer |
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Who wrote the Institutes of Christian Religion and what was it's concept? |
Calvin, and the concept of the Elect and the Damned |
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Who translated the bible to English? |
Tyndale |
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Montaigne did what? |
Created the "personal essay" |
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Shakespeare's Hamlet featured |
Revenge Play, at the Globe Theatre, and penny admission |
