Names
What does the Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
Which German printer invented printing through the development of a movable metal-type press?
Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398-1468)
Italy was made up of numerous such states
City states
What were visible reminders of the 'Glory of Rome'? Name one reminder.
Architectural remains, statues, or amphitheatres
What two kinds of states does Machiavelli say exist?
Republics and principalities (kingdoms ruled by a prince)
Which city is Francesco Sforza associated with?
Milan
Which famous Florentine is considered the Father of Humanism?
Francesco Petrarca, known as Petrarch (1304–1374)
Name three city states that had populations of about 100,000 people by 1350
Florence, Genoa and Venice
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) wrote which work that showed people leaving Florence to escape the Black Death?
The Decameron
Why are hereditary principalities easier to rule?
People are used to the ruling family, so they usually obey without much trouble
What famous merchant family is the city of Florence associated with?
Medici
Which nobleman/philosopher believed that there were no limits to what man could accomplish.
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494)
The Italian peninsula had a Papal State, Duchies (Duchy of Milan) and Kingdoms (Kingdom of Naples). What other entity did it have?
Republics
What famous work did Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529) write which became one of the most widely read books?
The Courtier
Name one thing a prince do to keep control of a new land?
Live there, set up colonies, punish enemies, and make friends with weaker allies
What common historical term is used by Italians to refer to the Golden Age of the Renaissance
The Quattrocento
Whose work is considered to be the best prose of the Renaissance?
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
Which republic had lands along the Adriatic coast (what today belongs to Croatia)?
Republic of Venice
Who is famous for his work, the History of the Florentine People
Leonardo Bruni (1369–1444)
What is one benefit of setting up colonies in new lands?
Colonies are cheap to maintain and keep people loyal
Which Medici represented the Renaissance ideal who was a generous patron of the arts?
Lorenzo de Medici, aka Lorenzo the Magnificent
Which Venetian-born woman wrote a book on how
women had been unjustly oppressed?
Christine de Pisan (1364–1430)
Which sea which in Latin means 'in the middle of the earth'?
The Mediterranean
Humanists writers began to use this - the national languages of a country
the vernacular
Why might people later turn against the new prince?
He doesn’t meet their hopes