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Who was the Medici Family?
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Prominent ruling family in Italy from the late middle ages through the renaissance. Patrons of the arts, royalty, and high members of the church (popes too); ruled Florence
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Which family dominated Italian (think Florence)politics during the renaissance?
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The Medici Familiy
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Who was Donatello?
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Famous Renaissance scupltor
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What was Michelangelo famous for?
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painting; sculptures; Sistine Chapel
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Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?
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It had large cities; with wealthy merchants. It was the center of trade between Europe and the Middle East. It had the ruins of ancient Greece and Rome to inspire it.
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Gutenberg
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Invented the printing press; which allowed Renaissance and Reformation ideas to spread
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Humanism
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movement inspired by classical (Roman and Greek) culture, people are valuable as individuals; God values the beauty and worth of each individual
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Machiavelli/ The Prince
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Machiavelli wrote The Prince to advise an Italian ruler. In it he justifies the use of force to control his people. "It is better to be feared than loved."
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Northern Renaissance
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Intellectual; focus on religious and social reform. Looking at the reality of life; paintings show common people; writings about social problems
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Italian Renaissance
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Focus on beauty, human form, accepting that God values art; having wealth pleases God. Inspired by Ancient Greece and Rome; paintings focus on man, Church participates in art patronage
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Erasmus/ In Praise of Folly
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Attacks the corruption of the Renaissance; northern Renaissance writer
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Christian Humanism
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Northern Renaissance; emphasized a returen to Bible and sources of Christianity; the Church does not need to interpret the Bible
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Thomas More
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Wrote Utopia; a satire on society
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Vernacular
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writing in the spoken language of a person's homeland; increased after the invention of the printing press; important be cause learning can be done by common people instead of just the Latin scholars or clergy
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Perspective
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use of lines to create 3 dimensional realistic paintings or artwork; this was a significant change in art from 2 dimensional medieval art
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Boccacio
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Wrote the Decameron; a story with 100 short stories; depicting the real (funny)lives of people during the Renaissance
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Head of the Catholic Church
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Pope
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Act of Supremacy
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Act that gave the English Monarch control over the Church in England; part of the "divorce" between England and the Catholic Church; Henry VIII
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Mary Tudor
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1st child of Henry VIII, reigns after Edward (younger brother), tries to restore Catholicism to England; her mother was Catherin of Arragon
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Indulgences
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sale of "forgiveness of sins" by Catholic church, if you pay the church, you can go to heaven. This was a major part of Martin Luther's complaints in the 95 Theses
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Calvinism
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Started by John Calvin; influenced by Luther; believes in predestination; starts in Switzerland; spreads - especially to Scotland
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Predestination
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Calvinist idea that said God had already determined who was going to heaven
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95 Thesis
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written by Martin Luther; in response to the sale of indulgences in the Catholic Church; nailed to the church door; an argument against practices, not to abolish an institution
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"Pope of Geneva"
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Calvin was given this nickname after he took over the government operations in Geneva; this government banned anything that was considered a vice - drinking, gambling, dancing, etc
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Spread of Lutheranism
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Luthers ideas spread quickly due to the new Gutenberg printing press, and gained support of German princes and peasants alike
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