Middle Ages

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

. The humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe. b. The period of this revival, roughly the 14th through the 16th century, marking the transition from medieval to modern times.

Question 2

Milan

Answer 2

an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.

Question 3

Venice

Answer 3

an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.

Question 4

Florence

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1.

Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.

Question 5

Rome

Answer 5

Italian Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 6

Medici family

Answer 6

Richest family in Europe

Question 7

Humanism

Answer 7

Italian Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 8

Machiavelli

Answer 8

Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.

Question 9

Perspective

Answer 9

a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.

Question 10

Gutenberg

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Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.

Question 11

Erasmus

Answer 11

Desiderius [des-i-deer-ee-uh s] (Show IPA), 1466?–1536, Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.

Question 12

William Shakespeare’s

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1.

William (“the Bard” ; “the Bard of Avon”) 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.

Question 13

Sir Thomas more

Answer 13

Sir Thomas More, venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. Wikipedia
Died: July 6, 1535, London, United Kingdom

Question 14

Fernish

Answer 14

provide (a house or room) with furniture and fittings.

Question 15

Michelangelo

Answer 15

noun. 1. (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.

Question 16

Johnvaneyck

Answer 16

Some guy

Question 17

Albert Durer

Answer 17

Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints. Wikipedia

Question 18

Fresco

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a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

Question 19

Indulgence

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1.
the action or fact of indulging.
“indulgence in self-pity”
synonyms: satisfaction, gratification, fulfillment, satiation, appeasement; More

Question 20

Predestination

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(as a doctrine in Christian theology) the divine foreordaining of all that will happen, especially with regard to the salvation of some and not others. It has been particularly associated with the teachings of St. Augustine of Hippo and of Calvin.

Question 21

Reformation

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the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.

Question 22

Martin Luther

Answer 22

Luther, Martin definition. A sixteenth-century German religious leader; the founder of Protestantism. Luther, a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, began the Reformation by posting his Ninety-five Theses, which attacked the church for allowing the sale of indulgences.