Middle Ages
This century was the start of the Renaissance and the end of the Middle Ages.
14th Century
The introduction of this new class of people broke the feudal system.
Merchants/traders.
Florence was the ___________ city-state in Italy.
Richest.
The first Italian city to create these important Renaissance tools.
Books.
Today, Genoa is the most important of this kind of city in Italy.
Port city.
The hierarchical system of the Middle Ages.
The Feudal System.
People moving from farms in the country to rich Italian cities.
Urbanization.
The Medici family was in power for this many centuries in Florence.
3 centuries.
The upper class of Venice.
The aristocracy.
The dictator who brought power and wealth back to Genoa.
Andrea Doria.
The three biggest factors affecting new ways of thinking during the Middle Ages.
The Silk Road, The Crusades and Leonardo Pisano Fibbonacci.
A person who journeys to a sacred or holy place for religious purposes.
Pilgrim.
This leader led negotiations to sign "The Treaty of Lodi".
Cosimo de Medici.
The senate and government making decisions in Venice.
The Great Council.
This treaty from 1381 allowed each city-state to maintain their trading post without interference.
The Peace of Turin.
The Black Death started in this city.
Sicily.
By the 14th century, these types of governments had mostly failed in Italian city states other than Venice.
Republics.
The popolo grasso and the popolo minuto.
The "fat people" and the "little people".
Associations that met for prayer sessions, collected money for good causes and held masses
Scuole.
This country took control of Genoa after Milan lost it.
France.
The order of the feudal system (from top to bottom).
King/Queen
Nobles
Priests/Lords
Knights
Farmers
Peasants/Serfs
This event weakened the power of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.
The pope moved his papacy to France.
Florence was built on this river.
Arno River.
Venice was more successful in this than any other Italian city-state.
Sea trade.
In 1261, the Genovese navy gained control of this city, the largest city in Europe.
Constantinople.