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32 Cards in this Set
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DANTE ALIGHIERI
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Italian poet; Inferno &Divine Comedy
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BOCCACIO
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Decameron which portrays sensual&worldly society of merchants
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BOTTICELLI
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Birth of Venus
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BRUNELLESCHI
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Italian architect; anti-Gothic
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MICHAELANGELO
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painted Sistene Chapel &sculpted David
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CASTIGLIONE
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The Courtier; upper class educated man should know many academic subjects
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DA VINCI
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religious paintings &sculptures; The Last Supper
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DE MEDICI
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great banking family in Florence; ruled govt.
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DE CERVANTES
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Spanish; Don Quixote
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PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA
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On The Dignity of Man; man made in image of God b4 the fall &as Christ after Resurrection
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DONATELLO
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sculptor; appreciation of incredible variety of human nature; sculpted David
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ERASMUS
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Praise of Folly; prince of humanists; criticized clergy &church
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FUGGER
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head of leading banks
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GIOTTO
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Florentine painter who led way in realism; Father of Renaissance Painting
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HUMANISM
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studied Latin classics to learn what they revealed about human nature; emphasized human beings &their interests
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INDIVIDUALISM
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stressed personality, uniqueness, and genius of capabilities &talents
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MACHIAVELLI
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The Prince; end justifies the means; secular method of ruling a country
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MONTAIGNE
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created essay; early modern skepticism
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MORE
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Utopia; new revolutionary view of society; executed for not compromising his religious beliefs
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"NEW MONARCHS"
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monarchies that took measures to limit power of Roman Catholic Church within their countries; Charles VII; Louis XI
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RABELAIS
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French satirical author; Gargantua and Pantagruel; more secular; should live by instincts rather than religious rules
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"RENAISSANCE MAN"
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man that is multitalented &well-educated
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SECULARISM
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belief in material things instead of religious things
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VALLA
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father of modern historical criticism; "On Pleasure"
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VERNACULAR
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everyday language
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VIRTU
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striving for excellence
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BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
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deportation and exile of the Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar
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HUNDRED YEARS' WAR
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btw France &England; caused by Phillip VI of France's seziure of Aquitone; France won; promoted nationalism; responsible for development of representative government in England
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BLACK DEATH
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outbreak of plague; inflation; priests ministered to sick; labor more expensive which benefited peasants; fleas carried on black rats
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AVIGNON PAPACY
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centralized its government; popes concentrated on government by many officials; luxury &extravagence
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CONCILIAR MOVEMENT
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reform of church could best be achieved through periodic assemblies or general councils representing all Christian people; pope derived his authority from all Christian community
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GREAT SCHISM
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weakened religious faith of Christianity; didnt know which pope was legitimate: Pope Clement or Pope Urban VI; ended by Council of Constance
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