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Petrarch |
Father of Humanism classicist |
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Lorenzo Valla |
disproved the Donation of Constantine |
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Marsilio Ficino |
Italian Humanist who translated Plato's work and opened a school that taught greco-roman classics |
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Pico della Mirandola |
wrote the "Oration on the Dignity of Man" |
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Leonardo Bruni |
Italian Humanist and Historian who classified history into periods |
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Leon Battista Alberti |
Italian Humanist, artist, architect |
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Niccolo Machiavelli |
wrote the "The Prince" -promoted secularism |
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Jean Bodin |
french philosopher who influenced politics |
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Renaissance |
rebirth of greco-roman culture |
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What era was before the renaissance? |
the middle ages |
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Raphael |
painted the school of athens (inside the vatican) focused on humanism and classicism |
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classicism |
celebration of past individuals |
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who was the biggest patron of the arts? |
the church |
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Italy was separated into ______. |
city-states |
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Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? |
there was a lot of access to water which was used for trade Florence was a wealthy city middle man for trade surrounded by greco-roman culture and architecture ancient people brought texts and documents when moving from Constantinople |
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Giovanni Boccacio |
Wrote the Decameron (10 stories 10 men= 100 stories) |
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Baldesar Castiglione |
wrote the Courtier |
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Francesco Guiccardini |
one of the major political writers of the Renaissance The History of Italy |
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what invention became important during the Renaissance? |
The printing press- it allowed information to be spread and translated into the vernacular |
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Brunelleschi |
Built the II Duomo in Florence Cuppolo of Santa Maria del Fiore |
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Leonardo Da Vinci |
the Last Supper Mona Lisa renaissance man |
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Andrea Palladio |
italian architect who was influenced by Greco-Roman architecture. La Rotunda |
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What became the enlightened capital of Europe? |
Paris |
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What was Thomas Hobbes' opinion of the relationship between the government and its people? |
The government and its people should have a social contract. The people give away their freedom in exchange for protection and government rule. |
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Who wrote the Leviathan? |
Thomas Hobbes |
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Who believed in the idea of the Tabula Rasa (blank slate)? |
John Locke |
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What enlightened thinker advocated for a constitutional monarchy? |
John Locke |
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Jan Van Eyck |
Northern Renaissance Painter |
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Who first made the idea of the Heliocentric Theory? |
Copernicus |
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Who confirmed the Heliocentric Theory? |
Johannes Kepler |
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Who is associated with Inductive Reasoning? |
Francis Bacon |
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Who is associated with Deductive Reasoning? |
Rene Descartes |
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What is Mercantilism? |
High taxes and tariffs on colonial profits |
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What is the Treaty of Utrecht? |
Resolved a number of trading issues which ended the war of spanish succession |
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Who wrote the Spirit of the Laws? |
Baron de Montesquieu |
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Who is El Greco? |
Mannerist and Baroque artsit |
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Who was the first female artist to be recognized in the post-renaissance period? |
Artemisia Gentileschi |
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Who painted the Massacre of the Innocents? |
Pieter Brughel the Elder |
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Who is Gian Bernini? |
A baroque artist Painted Theresa |
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Who wrote On the Motion of the Heart and Blood? |
William Harvey (WIlliam Heartvy lolol) |
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Who wrote On the Fabric of the Human Body? |
Andreas Vasaelius (anatomy) |
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Who was Peter Paul Rubens? |
One of the first studio artists (Baroque) |
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What did Galileo invent? |
The telescope |
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Who worked on the elliptical theory? |
Johannes Kepler |
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Who is Johann Tetzel? |
A Dominican friar who went to Saxony to sell indulgences |
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Who wrote the 95 Theses? |
Martin Luther |
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Who was Paracelsus? |
Physcian; The Father of Toxicology |
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Who was Charles V? |
Holy Roman Emperor; Devout Catholic |
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Diet of Worms |
Formal assembly that was called by Charles V in which Martin Luther was asked to recant his claims of the Catholic Church |
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Who believed in Sola Scriptura? |
Martin Luther |
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What was the Edict of Worms? |
A document issued by Charles V which outlawed Martin Luther and declared him as a Heretic |
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Who was Ulrich Zwingli? |
Swiss priest who influenced later forms of Protestantism? |
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Who was John Calvin? |
The founder of Calvinism |
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What were the French Calvinists called? |
Huguenots |
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What were English Calvinists called? |
Puritans |