The Renaissance Through Exploration

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

The “rebirth” of classical culture that occurred in Italy between ca. 1350 and ca. 1550; also, the earlier revivals of classical that occurred under Charlemagne and in the twelfth century

Question 2

Civic Humanism

Answer 2

An intellectual movement of the Italian Renaissance that saw Cicero, who was both an intellectual and a statesman, as the ideal and held that humanists should be involved in government and use their rhetorical training in the service of the state

Question 3

Secularism

Answer 3

The process of becoming more concerned with material, worldly, temporal things, and less with spiritual and religious things; a characteristic of the Italian Renaissance

Question 4

Individualism

Answer 4

Emphasis on and interest in the unique traits of each person

Question 5

Naturalism

Answer 5

a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail.

Question 6

Vernacular

Answer 6

This wasn’t in the glossary

Question 7

Lübeck

Answer 7

A city that became a major trading center

Question 8

Hanseatic League

Answer 8

A commercial and military association formed by northern German coastal towns