Very powerful family that offered financial support to writers and artists to bring glory to their city-state of Florence.
Who are the Medici?
100
This plague killed so many and helped contribute to the collapse of feudalism which then opened the way for the birth of the Renaissance.
What is the Bubonic plague
100
Author of the Prince, he wrote books with political themes “Once princes have given more thought to personal pleasures than to arms,” he wrote, “they have lost their domain.”
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli
200
The two classical empires that inspired the renaissance
What are the Greek and Roman empires
200
Ancient Philosophers studied in the Renaissance time period
Who are Plato and Aristotle
200
Rome, Venice, Florence and Millan are examples of these and they controlled much of Italy.
What are city-states? They were wealthy and powerful and they then had the money to spend on luxuries and works of art.
200
Three of the greatest Italian artists during the Renaissance
Who are Rafael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
300
Beginning of the renaissance
What is a trick question?
Technically it has no beginning because it started some time in the middle/dark ages. Most historians date it from 1300 to 1600 AD (CE)
300
Author of the Divine Comedy, an epic poem that describes the author’s imaginary journey through the afterlife and first writer to promote Italian vernacular. He promoted the use of Italian to make learning more available to a wider audience.
Who is Dante Alighieri
300
Explain how geography helped make Italy a perfect breading ground for the Renaissance.
What is
On the Mediterranean = open to trade and therefore Italians have a greater awareness of the world, are connected to the Byzantine empire where much classical scholarship was preserved and Italy is replete with Roman remains.
300
Greatest Northern Renaissance writer. The themes of classical culture and humanism are evident in many of his plays, including Julius Caesar and he uses vernacular English of the time--a definite feature of the renaissance.
Who is William Shakespeare
400
the definition of secular
What is
non religious
400
He wrote lyrical poetry, also in Italian. He scoured libraries across Europe for classical works and brought them to wider attention.
Who is Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch.
400
Renaissance studies the classics but not from a religious point of view. Studying the classics in a secular light is known as this philosophy. More specifically, it emphasizes the worth of the individual and balances it with faith and secular learning.
What is humanism
400
Author of Utopia. This visionary work describes an ideal society governed by reason, rather than the power of kings or popes, where all property is shared and people enjoy equal rights.