Venice

Question 1

What was Florences political system?

Answer 1

• transition from merchant republic to Medici controlled oligarchy
• based on banking and commerce
  Some level of public political engagement

Question 2

What was Milans political system?

Answer 2

• a ducal monarchy under the sforzas
• relied on agriculture and industries like silk
• focus in military strength an territorial expansion

Question 3

What was venices political system?

Answer 3

• stable oligarchic republic
• broader aristocratic participation
  -maritime and naval power

Question 4

What was the Doge?

Answer 4

Elected for life and served as symbolic- no real power

Question 5

What was the great council?

Answer 5

Mainly aristocracy and were the primary legislative body

Question 6

What was the council of ten?

Answer 6

Secretive body, responsible for maintaining political stability

Question 7

How did power grow?

Answer 7

Trade deal with the HRE and control of the Adriatic Sea
Middle man in the Middle East-Europe trade route
Strong naval fleet

Question 8

What was the fourth crusade?

Answer 8

1202-04
Venetian crusaders besieged Byzantinium and ransacked Constantinople
Launched the expedition of Marco Polo into the land of the Mongols

Question 9

The Venetian renaissance

Answer 9

15t-17th century- Venice considered one of the richest and most powerful Italian cities
- Government saw art as a political asset
- Beccame the centre for book publishing and represented a unique colourful style of art
- Napoleon put an end to the republic in 1797

Question 10

What was the Venetian school?

Answer 10

• lush colour
• Embellishment
• Joy of life

Artists painted primarily in oils - first on wood then canvas, which suited the environment more, emphasised natural light and sometimes theatrical human movement
-portraiture was revitalised- pyschological complexity
- introduction of the female nude