Later Middle Ages
The Renaissance
State Building
Social Change
Vocabulary
100

This epidemic resulted in a sharp increase in per-capita wealth.

what is the Black Plague. 

100

The Renaissance began in this Italian City-State. 

What is Florence. 

100

This Europe state focused more on allegiance to local city-states rather than a single unified state. 

What Italy. 

100

Renaissance ideas about race were connected to this, and therefore could not be altered.  

what is blood. 

100

Disenfranchised common people in Italian cities. 

Who are the Popolo. 

200

The direct cause of the Hundred Years' War was the King of France's seizure of this duchy.

What is Aquitaine. 

200

The study of Latin classics for moral education and insight into human nature

What is Humanism. 

200

The civil war in England from 1455-1471.

What is the War of the Roses. 

200

Late marriage patterns were primarily due to this prerequisite. 

what is economic independence. 

200

When artists or writers produce statues, paintings, or literature that represents 'real' conditions. 

What is Realism. 

300

The period when pope's resided in Avignon, France rather than Rome. 

What is the Babylonian Captivity. 

300

In The Prince, this Italian humanist wrote about the qualities a leader needs to have in order to maintain power and control. 

Who is Machiavelli. 

300

This state was responsible for attacks on conversos, or, "New Christians".

What is Spain. 

300

This invention in 1456 allowed for the spread of literacy among laypeople. 

What is the printing press. 

300

Literature written in national languages. 

What is vernacular. 

400

The period of three popes. 

What is the Great Schism. 

400

This political strategy involved financially supporting artists and writers. 

What is patronage. 

400

The Judicial offshoot of Henry VII's royal council. 

What is the Court of Star Chamber. 

400

The combination of rural nobility and merchant elites created this new social class. 

What is the urban-nobility. 

400

The quality of being able to shape the world according to one's will. 

What is Virtù.

500

People who believed that the plague was God's punishment for sin. 

Who were flagellants.

500

Renaissance humanists who interpreted Italian ideas about classical antiquity and humanism in terms of their own religious traditions.

Who are Christian Humanists. 

500

Treaty signed by both Francis I and Pope Leo X that gave French kings control of church policies across France. 

What is the Concordat of Bologna.

500

This Renaissance book on "education" sought to explain proper behaviors for men and women. 

What is the Book of the Courtier. 

500

Government by one-man rule in Italian cities. 

What is signori. 

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