Renaissance Flashcards
Francesco Petrarch motivated others to begin…
making critical editions of classical works.
Historians today generally use the term Renaissance to refer to…
a period in cultural history marked by a new interest in the study of classical learning.
Renaissance humanism was…
a cultural and educational movement focused on classical history and learning.
The Renaissance originated in Italy for ALL of the following reasons…
1– during the later Middle Ages, Italy was the wealthiest urban society in Europe.
2– there were many Roman ruins in Italy to remind them of the past.
3– during the later Middle Ages, Italian schools were among the best in Europe.
4– since there was no King of Italy, cities could develop independently on their own.
Leonardo Bruni was
a promoter of democracy.
According to Machiavelli…
there are common principles that politics follows throughout history.
In the fifteenth century, the majority of the great painters were from…
Florence.
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Ceiling shows…
scenes from creation through the life of Noah.
In contrast to the Italian Renaissance, the Northern Renaissance tended to have…
an interest in reforming Christian practices.
The Northern Renaissance is associated with…
a) the close connection between humanism and Christianity.
b) the printing press.
c) ideas of Church reform.
d) support for translations of the Bible.
e) all of these. <——This one!
The invention of movable type printing and the printing press made possible
a faster rate of cultural change.
Erasmus’s most significant achievement was…
his edition of the New Testament in Greek and in Latin.
