Hx Grade 10: Ch 12-1
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- What does renaissance mean
- Rebirth
- When was the renaissance
- 1350-1550
- The renaissance was a rebirth of what ancient worlds
- Greek and Roman
- Where did the renaissance begin
- Italy
- What are 3 powerful city-states
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Milan
Venus
Florence - A society where most people live in cities
- Urban society
- What is a secular viewpoint
- Worldly - people enjoyed material things and wealth rathan than religous
- What 14th century problems did the renaissance recover from
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The plague
Political instability
Deline in Church power - What were people interested in during the renaissance
- Politics and art
- What kind of person was the ideal during the renaissance
- A well-rounded person had achievements in many areas
- Who was an example of a well rounded renaissance man?
- Leonardo da Vinci
- What kinds of accomplishments did Leonardo da Vinci have
- Painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, mathematician
- Why did Italy have such powerful city states
- They did not have a central monarchy
- How did the city states prosper
- Trade
- What made Milan powerful
- It was located at the crossroads of trade routes
- What dukes controlled Milan
- Visconti family
- Who conquered Milan and took it from the Visconti family
- Francesco Sforza
- What is a mercenary
- Soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder
- How did Francesco Sforza help build a strong centralized state
- Created a tax system and gave huge income to the government
- Who did Venice trade with
- Asia and Western Europe
- What was the leader of the republic of Venice called
- Doge
- Who really controlled the government of Venice and led them in wars
- Small group of merchant-aristocrats
- Who took control of Florence
- Cosimo de Medici and the Medici family
- Why did the economy of Florence decline
- They made cloth and had competition from English and Flemish clothmakers
- in the 1400s what city was the cultural center of Italy and had great art
- Florence
- Who took Florence away from the Medici family
- Girolamo Savonarola
- What did Savonarola stop
- Gambling, horseracing, swearing, painting, music, books
- What happened to Savonarola
- Accused of heresy by the Church and was executed
- Who wanted Italy's riches and came in to take over
- French king Charles VIII
- Who helped Italy against King Charles VIII
- Spain
- What 2 countries fought over Italy
- Spain and France
- What caused the end of the Italian wars
- The collapse of Rome
- What country became powerful in Italy after Rome fell
- Spain
- What happened when the Spanish King Charles I attacked Rome with mercenaries
- Destroyed churches and palaces, looted the city, sold church officials as slaves
- What book did Machiavelli write
- The Prince
- What did Machiavelli write about a prince's activities and politics
- Should not be based on Christian or moral primciples. A prince should act on behalf of the state and might have to go against his conscience.
- What is a Noble
- Aristocrat
- When nobles began to lose money, did they lose their land and title?
- No
- What did nobles do
- Hold important political positions and advise the king
- What are the characteristics of a noble
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Character
Grace
Talent - What 2 basic skills should a noble have
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Prepare to be a warrior
Get a classical education and persue the arts - In the 1500s, were most people nobles or peasants
- Up to 90% were peasants
- What was a peasant who paid for his rent with labor
- A serf
- What were the shopkeepers, artisans, and guild members called
- Burghers
- Who were the top of the urban society
- Patricians
- Where did patricians get their wealth
- Trade, industry, banking
- Who was at the lowest in the urban population and had miserable lives
- The workers
- Why was family and arranged marriages important
- To make strong business and family ties
- A sum of money given by the wife's family to her husband
- Dowry
- Who was the center of the Italian family
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The father
He gave the name, finances, made decisions - What was the mothers role in the family
- Supervise the household
- How did a child get free from the father
- The father died or freed his children
- When was a child an adult
- When their father had a judge free them - usually early teens to late twenties