Vocabulary
A form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote
What is a republic?
Was a republic with a leader called a doge
What is Venice?
Painted the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
Given to the husband's family from the wife's family
Humanism is based on this.
What are the classics?
A soldier that fights primarily for money
What is a mercenary?
Ruled by the wealthy Medici family
What is Florence?
Painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The years that the Renaissance started in
What are the 1300s?
How Humanists viewed the Greeks and Romans.
What are as their equals?
An intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities which included grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
What is humanism?
The Spanish and French battled for control for 30 years
What is the Kingdom of Naples?
Who wrote The Prince?
Who is Machiavelli?
Invented the printing press
Who is Johannes Gutenburg?
Christine de Pizan is best known for this.
What is the defense of women?
Painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints
What is fresco?
Attacked and looted by Spanish soldiers
What is Rome?
Who wrote the Divine Comedy?
Number of major Italian city-states during the Renaissance
What are five?
Local spoken language
What is vernacular?
A member of the middle class who lived in a city or town
What is a burgher?
Conquered and ruled by Francesco Sforza
What is Milan?
Who wrote Paradise Lost
Who is John Milton?
The way the five major Italian city-states made much of their money
What is trading?
Wrote in vernacular language so that everyone could enjoy his writings.