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17 Cards in this Set
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Machiavelli
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wrote The Prince
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Cervantes
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wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha
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Gutenberg
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printing press
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Routes of trade
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major increase in trading;
-new trade routes to the east and discovery of the new world -led to increase in money |
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Raphael Sanzio
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painted "The School of Athens"
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Nicholas Copernicus
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bold and shocking belief that earth and all planets revolved around the sun
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Galileo Galilei
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improved telescope and supported Copernicus
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Shakespeare
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream"; "Romeo and Juliet"
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Reformation
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1500s; a change in religious life brought by a split in Christianity; religion lost a lot of its power
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The Medici Family
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controlled much of the banking system in Florence
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Pope Julius II and Rome
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hired most famous artists of the time (including da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael) to work on projects in Rome
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Martin Luther
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leader of the Protestant Reformation; wrote "95 Theses"
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Renaissance
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1400-1600s; french word, means "rebirth";
-modern history; -rediscovery of the culture from Greece and Rome -Italian writers, painters and sculptures; modelled works after Greek and Roman styles |
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John Calvin
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believed in a very strict way of life to worship God
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Castiglione
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wrote a book called The Courier that told about life in a duke's court; it explained what qualifications nobles should have; term "Renaissance Man"
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Leonardo da Vinci
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painted "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa"; first machine gun, adjustable monkey wrench, etc.; ideas for tanks, subs, airplanes, and parachutes
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Michelangelo Buonarotti
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painted celing of Sistine Chapel; sculpted the "Pieta"
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