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38 Cards in this Set
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maul
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heavy hammer
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condotierre
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a leader of mercenary soldiers in Renaissance Italy
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cartoon
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a chalk drawing that provides the outline for a painting
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patron
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someone who buys art and supports artists
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carrara marble
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the finest white italian marble used for sculpture
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cistern
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atank for storing water
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trattoria
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a simple restaurant
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dowry
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money paid to the family of a groom by the bride's family
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accordance
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agreement
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stagnation
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sluggish
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topography
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surface features of a region
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hinterland
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area surrounding a city
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mercenary soldiers
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soldiers for hire
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oligarchy
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government by a few powerful people
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florin, ducat
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gold coinsweighing about 3.5 grams
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pile
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a heavy beam driven upright into the ground to support a structure
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republic
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a state in which the citizens elect representatives to form a government
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to patronize
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to support
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assasin
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a murderer of a politically important person
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to send into exile
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to banish
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reason
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the ability to think and draw conclusions
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old town
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a term used to describe the original city centre of a european city
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antiquity
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early ages of hisory
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renaissance man
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a term used to describe a person skilled in many areas
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dominican
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a catholic religious order
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vanity
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a worthless pleasure
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proportion
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a correct relation among parts
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perspective
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giving the appearance of distance on a flat surface
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blasphemous
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showing contempt for sacred things
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human anatomy
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the science of the structure of the human body
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eccentric
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odd peculiar person
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fresco
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painted with water colour on fresh wet plaster
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etcher
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an artist who engraves a picture onto a metal plate and uses the plate as a stamp
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woodcutter
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an artist who carves a picture onto a wood block and uses it for a stamp
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empirical reasoning
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drawing conclusions form physical evidence
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ether
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an extremely pure refined substance once thought to occupy the upper regions of space
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congress
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collection
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inquisition
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a church court that tried heretics, peole who disagreed with church teachings
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