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Republic of Florence
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republic, Medici family, wool/banking
(map p 319) |
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Duchy of Milan
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duchy, Visconti/Sforza families, well known for production of arms
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Republic of Venice
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Oligarchy, run by merchant families, thrived off of maritime trade
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Kingdom of Naples
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Monarchy, thrived from France and Spain's war, agriculture
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Papal States
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territory managed by the papacy, which was growning more and more political and secular
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Republic of Genoa
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Republic, thrived from maritime trade
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genovino, ducat, florin
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Italian gold coins
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grosso
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Italian silver coin
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grandi
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highest social class- old wealth
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populo grosso
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new wealth, rising upper class, literally "fat people"
intermarriage was common with grandi- a mixing of old and new |
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mediocri
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literally mediocre- middle class
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populo minuto
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literally "small people"- laborors- lowest class, although they were free and better off than the rest of Europe
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contado
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country estates
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Guelf
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supporters of the Pope and the Papacy
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Ghibelline
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supporters of the empire
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Vita Civile
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Signoria
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podesta (accent on a)
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a position developed in Florence that was a person who mainained law and had executive, miliary, and judicial authority
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condottieri
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captain, had a rentable army that sometimes would come it and just not fight and instead take over and occasionally people came to power because of this
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"balence of power"
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A system in Italy in which power was maintained because if once city state became too strong the others would band together and beat it back down to its proper position
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diplomacy
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a system where instead of going to a country if there was an issue diplomacies and ambassadors were established to maintain peace and communication
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humanism
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1: the birth of modernity, characterized by un-christian philosophy that stressed the dignity of humankind and championed indiviualism and secular values
2: very champions of catholic christianity, who opposed paan aristotle and ineloquent scholasticism 3: a form of scholorship designed to promote a sense of civic responsibility and political liberty |
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humanism (definition)
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the scholorly study of latin and greek classics and of the ancient Church Fathers both for its own sake and in hope of a rebirth of ancient norms and values
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William Tyndale
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(1492-1536)
An English reformer who met at the White Horse Inn in Cambridge to discuss Lutheran writings smuggled into England by merchants and scholars - he translated the New Testament into English while in Germany- this began to circulate in England in 1526 |
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Cardinal Thomas Wolsley
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(1475-1530)
chief minister of King Henry VIII, and Sir Thomas More, his successor, guided royal opposition to incipient protestantism- the king himself defended the seven sacraments agianst luther recieving the title of defender of the faith from pope Leo X- dismissed for not securing annulment |
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Thomas Cramner
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(1489-1556)
appointed by Henry VIII as the bishop of canterbury, wrote the English book of common prayer which was enforced on all english churches by the act of uniformity in 1549 |