Middle Ages
Economy
Grab Bag
Thought
Vocabulary
100
The time period before the Renaissance.
What is the Middle Ages
100
This family was a wealthy banking family in Florence.
Who are the Medici family?
100
A city in Italy known for being the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
100
Shift in thought. Shift from religious based literature and art to secular (non-religious) based
What is Humanism?
100
An educated, “universal man” who was skilled at many fields. Such a man should be able to dance, sing, play music, and write poetry. He should also be a skilled rider, a skilled wrestler and a skilled swordsman. He should basically be good at everything.
What is a Renaissance Man?
200
Schools were based on this before the Renaissance.
What is religion or religious texts?
200
Wealthy people who supported the arts by purchasing self portraits or by donating expensive works to cities, schools and libraries.
What are patrons?
200
This person discovered that the sun was the center of the universe.
Who is Galileo?
200
The "classical" texts used by humanists in the Renaissance.
What are the writings of the Greeks and Romans?
200
This man invented the printing press.
Who is Gutenberg?
300
The disease that nearly killed 1/2 of Europe
What is the Black Death or Plague?
300
People moved to these to start businesses and support themselves.
What are cities?
300
This style of painting caused objects to look 3-D
What is the perspective?
300
This family brought the idea that power could come from wealth.
Who are the Medici family?
300
The period of European history in which society experienced a “rebirth” of learning and art. It roughly covered the years from 1300-160
What is the Renaissance?
400
The basic government and society in Europe during the middle ages. Small communities were formed around the local lord and the manor. The lord owned the land and everything in it. He would keep the peasants safe in return for their service. The lord, in return, would provide the king with soldiers or taxes.
What is Feudalism?
400
People used this to get ahead in life after the Renaissance.
What is education?
400
This caused ideas to spread all over Europe
What is the printing press?
400
This new social class emerged from the feudal system bringing it to an end.
What is the middle class?
400
Connected with God (or the gods) or dedicated to a religious purpose
What is sacred?
500
The language of the Bible before the Renaissance.
What is Latin?
500
To commit (money or capital) in order to gain a financial return (more money)
What is to invest?
500
This person believed that all people are evil, so therefore you don't have to worry about keeping your word because everyone breaks their word.
Who is Machiavelli?
500
The humanist based their schools on these principles instead of religion.
What is science, logic, or reason?
500
A latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs. To maintain this is to keep the things the way they presently are
What is status quo?
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