The Renaissance
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- Petrach
- A man sometimes called the father of Italian Renaissance humanism.
- Flanders
- The most important northern school of art in the 1400's.
- Canterbury
- The place where 29 pilgrims journeyed to see the tomb of Saint Thomas a Becket.
- Raphael
- A 25 year old Italian painter who is admired for his numerous mandonnas (paintings of the Virgin Mary).
- mercenaries
- Soldiers who sells his services to the highest bidder.
- Florence
- A city-state in northern and central Italy to remain independent.
- Venice
- A city-state in northern and central Italy to remain independent.
- Italian Renaissance
- A rebirth of the Greek and Roman worlds.
- Jan van Eyck
- The Flemish painter who was among the first to use and perfect the technique of oil painting.
- Michelangelo
- An accomplished painter, sculptor, and architect, was another master of the High Renaissance.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- A painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and mathematician.
- secular
- Worldly.
- Chaucer
- An English author in the fourteenth century who helped vernacular literature more popular.
- Cosimo de' Medici
- A ruler who took control of Florence in 1434 and is part of the wealthy Medici family.
- dowry
- A gift of money paid at the time on marriage by the bride's parents to the husband
- fresco
- A painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints.
- Lorenzo de' Medici
- Grandson of Cosimo de' Medici who helped control Florence when it was the cultural center of Italy.
- humanism
- An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities, which included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history.
- urban society
- A system in which cities are the center of political, economic, and social life.
- Rome
- Country where thousands of troops belonging to the Spanish king Charles 1st arrived on May 5, 1527.
- Francesco Sforza
- A ruler who conquered the city of Milan and became its new duke after the last Visconti ruler of Milan died.
- Albrecht Durer
- A German artist who was greatly affected by the Italians.
- vernacular
- The language of everyday speech in a particular region.(The language spoken in their own regions, such as Italian, French, or German).
- Christine de Pizan
- A Frenchwoman who was a writer that use the vernacular and best known for her works written in the defense of women.
- Milan
- A city-state in northern and central Italy to remain independent.
- Dante
- An Italian author in the fourteenth century who helped make vernacular literature more popular.
- Niccolo Machiavelli
- The author of The Prince.