Road from the Past
The event that destroyed most of the European population, left farmlands, buildings, ships, machines, and gold without people to use them.
the Black Death
Term meaning "rebirth" used to describe Europe following the middle ages, a time of light, innovation, and cultural development.
Renaissance
Latin, meaning to do again.
Re-
Artist, inventor, engineer, inventor, mapmaker, sculptor, architect, and town planner. Developed theories on human musculature and body movements.
Leonardo da Vinci
Catholic Saint in the court of Henry VIII with ideas about the true and good society. Was martyred because of his opposition (dislike) to Henry's new religious directions.
Thomas More
Route in which travelers used to move ideas, products, goods, and trade between Europe and Asia
the Silk Road
The origins of mass-produced written words, using natural items, brought over from Asia, helped develop the language skills of those who could afford it.
Wood-block printing
Meaning against
Anti-
One of Italy's most well-known artists, responsible for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the statue of David.
Michaelangelo
A Dutch priest called for reform in the church, criticized corruption, and wanted to get rid of some rituals he believed were meaningless in favor of God and the teachings of Jesus.
Desiderius Erasmus
Large body of water with important ports and harbors making it easier to get goods from Asia into western and inner Europe.
Mediterranean Sea
This way of thinking and learning emphasizes the importance of the abilities and actions of humans.
Humanism
meaning to write, or written.
Script-
English author who helped to popularize and force English nobles to start speaking common English, through his stories, "Canterbury Tales".
Geoffrey Chaucer
Invented by Johann Gutenberg. Was a big reason Protestantism was able to spread more quickly through the swift reproduction of written words of disagreement with the Catholic Church.
The printing press
At least 3 cities with major ports and trade routes that connected Asia to Italy and Europe.
Florence, Genoa, Milan, Rome, Napals, and Venice.
Helped develop education and change the way that history was taught. Famous for warning against ignoring history and the past.
Petrarch
Meaning life, or to live.
-viv-
convivial, revive, survive, viable, victual, vivacious
Well known English author that is responsible for the revolution of theater and plays. A favorite of Queen Elizabeth of England.
William Shakespeare
A very powerful family that owned the biggest bank in Europe, had influence over Popes, Kings, Emperors, even though they did not start out with titles.
(they produced 4 Popes, 2 queens of France, and eventually acquired a dukedom)
The Medici family
From Venice, this man traveled from Europe to China, one of the first records of European journeymen in Asia. Responsible for helping to create trade relations between the continents.
Marco Polo
An idea regarding the universal human dignity of the person, individual freedom, and the importance of happiness as exclusive components of the teachings of Jesus.
Christian Humanism
Meaning time
A politician and poet who helped writing and language become more common to the people by writing in Italian rather than Latin. Responsible for establishing the literary movement in Italy
Dante Alighieri
A ruthless politician and author who believed that theories were useless and change could only happen by taking action, regardless of who it affected negatively or positively.
Niccolo Machiavelli