Northern Renaissance

Question 1

Sovereign State

Answer 1

A permanent pop. Defined territory, a government and the capacity to enter into relations

Question 2

Louis XI

Answer 2

Called “The Prudent”
Expanded royal power at expense of the dukes
1423-1483

Question 3

Henry VII

Answer 3

Last king of England to win his throne in battle
Restored power to the English monarchy after political upheavals
1457-1509

Question 4

Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 4

A king and queen of Spain in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. They united their country and sponsored the exploration of the New World by Christopher Columbus.

Question 5

Reconquista

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the military restoration of colonial governments loyal to Ferdinand VII of Spain following the Peninsular War in Europe

Question 6

Moriscos

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Muslims forced into Christianity

Inhabitants of Spain and Portugal

Question 7

Marranos

Answer 7

Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula who had converted, or been forced to convert, to Christianity

Question 8

Holy Roman Empire

Answer 8

962-1806

Question 9

Johannes Gutenburg

Answer 9

was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. His invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the most important event of the modern period. It played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.

Question 10

Christian Humanism

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position that universal human dignity and individual freedom are essential and principal components of, or are at least compatible with, Christian doctrine and practice. It is a philosophical union of Christian and humanist principle

Question 11

Desiderius Erasmus

Answer 11

1466-1536
Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, theologist, and social critic
Called “The crowning glory of Christian Humanists”
Wrote “The Praise of Folly”

Question 12

“The Praise of Folly”

Answer 12

Considered one of the most notable works of the Northern Renaissance
One of the catalysts for the Catholic Reformation
The essay is filled with classical allusions delivered in a style typical of the learned humanists of the Renaissance

Question 13

Sir Thomas More

Answer 13

1478-1535
lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and was Lord Chancellor
Against the Protestant Reformation
Author of “Utopia”

Question 14

“Utopia”

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Some take the novel’s message to be that there is more need for discipline rather than liberty
contrasts the contentious social life of European states with the perfectly orderly, reasonable social arrangements of Utopia and its environs (Tallstoria, Nolandia, and Aircastle). In Utopia, with communal ownership of land, private property does not exist, men and women are educated alike, and there is almost complete religious toleration

Question 15

Francois Rabelais

Answer 15

1494-1553
major French Renaissance writer, doctor, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs

Question 16

Miguel de Cervantes

Answer 16

1547-1616
was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern European novel,
is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written