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Means "rebirth" in French and was considered by most scholars to be a time of transition from medieval to modern times.
Renaissance
Considered by some to be Erasmus's theological successor and posted 95 theses against indulgences in 1517.
Martin Luther
True/False Spain never had more religious toleration than during the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella
FALSE
The first modern sailors recorded to circumnavigate the globe were
Spanish Sailers
T/F Lorenzo the Magnificent ruled Florence in the late fifteenth century.
TRUE
The War of the Roses lasted from when to when?
1455 to 1485
Wealthiest Florentine and a natural statesman
Cosmo de Medici
Ability to act decisively and heroically
Virtu
T/F Native Americans readily converted to Christianity
False
MC. Monarchs used all of the following methods to raise money EXCEPT
Taxes on the nobility.
Julius came to be known as the "__________ pope," because he brought the Renaissance papacy to a peak of military prowess and diplomatic intrigue.
Warrior Pope
T/F France and Italy were striking exceptions to the steady development of centralized nation-states in the late fifteenth century.
False
Rudolf __________ is considered the "father of German humanism"
Rudolf Agricola
<M.C.> Erasumus did NOT believe which of the following?
Christian dogma should always be adhered to.
T/F Leonardo da Vinci painted the frescoes in The Sistine Chapel.
False
T/F The Northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance in that the northerners wrote more popular tracts.
True
The __________ commanded an enormous empire in Peru.
Incas
In the era of exploration that began in the fifteenth century, the Portuguese concentrated their efforts on the __________ Ocean, while the Spanish explored the Atlantic.
Indian Ocean
The Concordat of Bologna did what?
gave the French king control over the French clergy in exchange for French recognition of the pope's superiority over church councils.
The Spanish encomienda was the right to...?
Native labor in an area for a certain time.
T/F The first book printed on Gutenberg's printing press was the Bible.
True
__________ was the daughter of Henry VIII and was considered one of Europe's most exemplary rulers.
Elizabeth I
T/F Thomas More was excecuted for writing Utopia.
False
Man who wrote The Prince in 1513
Niccolò Machiavelli
__________ were military brokers through which mercenary armies could be obtained.
Condottieri
The __________ is a large landed estate owned by persons originally born in Spain or persons of Spanish descent born in America.
Hacienda
T/F The influx of spices and precious metals inflated the price of goods while wages and rent remained well behind the new prices.
True
M.C. Which of the following was NOT a Portuguese motivation to explore Africa?
Agricultural products
Who wrote Divine Comedy and Vita Nuova?
Dante Alighieri
The labor servitude whereby adult male Indians would devote a number of days of labor to Spanish enterprises is known as
Repartimiento.