Renaissance Vocab Flashcards

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Accordance

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agreement

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Stagnation

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sluggish, inactive, not progressing

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3
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Renaissance

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rebirth

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4
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topography

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surface feature of a region

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5
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hinterland

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areas surrounding a city

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6
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mercenary soldiers

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soldiers for hire

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7
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oligarchy

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government by a few powerful people

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8
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florin, ducat

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gold coins weighing about 3.5 grams

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9
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pile

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heavy beam driven upright into the earth to support a structure

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10
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republic

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a state in which the citizens elect representatives to form a government

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11
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to patronize

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to support

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12
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assassin

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a murder of a politically important person

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13
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to send into exile

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to banish

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14
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reason

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the ability to think and to draw conclusions

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15
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Old Town

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a term used to describe the original city center of a European city

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16
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Renaissance man

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a term traditionally used to describe a person skilled in many areas

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17
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Dominican

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a Catholic religious order

18
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vanity

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a worthless pleasure

19
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proportion

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a correct relation among parts

20
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perspective

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giving the appearance of distance on a flat surface

21
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blasphemous

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showing contempt for sacred things

22
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human anatomy

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the science of the structure of the human body

23
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eccentric

A

odd, peculiar person

24
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fresco

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painted with water colour on fresh wet plaster

25
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etcher

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an artist who engraves a picture onto a metal plate, and uses this plate as a stamp

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wood cutter

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an artist who carves a picture onto a wood block and uses this block as a stamp

27
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empirical reasoning

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drawing conclusions from physical evidence

28
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ether

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an extremely pure, refined substance once through to occupy the upper regions of space

29
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congress

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collection

30
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Inquisition

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a Church court that tried heretics, people who disagreed with Church teachings.

31
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dowry

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money paid to the family of a groom by the bride’s family

32
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hypothesis

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a proposed explanation

33
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theory

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an explanation supported by the observation of evidence

34
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Who was the most famous Medici?

A

Lorenzo Medici was the most famous Medici

35
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Why was Lorenzo so famous?

A

An assassin killed his brother and injured him, so the people of Florence attacked the assassins.

36
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What did Lorenzo become?

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Lorenzo became the absolute ruler of Florence from 1469-1492

37
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What were Lorenzo’s achievements?

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He sponsored many great artists and thinkers (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Mirandola) founded a university in Pisa, and an academy in Florence. He could talk about any subject as an equal to a scholar not just a rich man. He wrote excellent music an poetry.

38
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How did Lorenzo stay popular?

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He spent his money making Florence beautiful and running the city well, bad guys were sent to exile.

39
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What happened to Lorenzo’s son?

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Lorenzo’s son, Giovanni, was made a cardinal at 14 yrs old, and later became Pope Leo X

40
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What are sumptuary laws?

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Sumptuary laws are laws governing how much food courses you serve depending on the social status of your guest. These law governed consumption, or how you spend your money. By 1460 the government banned banquets and certain foods like partridge, pheasant and peacock. These laws most often affected the growing middle class.

41
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What is the importance of family in Renaissance Italy?

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large families, died young, share house with extended family, kids learned parents trade and worked in family business, poor/middle class could choose who to marry, but wealthy arranged marriage for better social status. Weddings were flashy events, men married women much younger, and were given large dowries from the wife’s family.