Renaissance Philosophy
This 14th-century Florentine is considered the "father" of Humanism in Renaissance Italy.
Who is Petrarch?
This long war between England and France resulted in England's loss of nearly all its French territories.
What is the Hundred Years' War?
This northern humanist wrote a powerful critique of Catholic Church abuses in "In Praise of Folly."
Who is Erasmus?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
The author of The Prince, this Renaissance political activist stressed how a ruler should act based upon moral principles.
Who is Machiavelli?
This young peasant quasi-military leader helped the French defeat England in the Hundred Years' War.
Who is Joan of Arc?
Leonardo and other Italians maintained it was this artist who inspired the "imitation of nature" in Renaissance art.
Who is Giotto?
This 15th century invention revolutionized communication and made new ideas much more widely available during the Renaissance.
What is the printing press (movable type)?
This conquistador subdued the Aztecs in 1521.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Brunelleschi, who was famous for the Duomo, had an even greater example of his architectural style in this building.
What was the Church of San Lorenzo?
This was Italian state that was home to the Medici family...
What is the Republic of Florence
This term refers to the flow of resources and goods between the New World and Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to find an all-water route to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The Courtier, written by this diplomat, was the most important work on courtly behavior and the ideal of the quintessential Renaissance man.
Who is Baldassare Castiglione?
He was the monarch of England who is credited with helping pave the way for the modern government such as the House of Lords and the House of Commons
Who was Edward III
Fleas on black rats caused this period of relative unhealthiness.
What is the Black Death?
This Portuguese royal invested large sums of money in the mid-fifteenth century to fund expeditions down the western coast of Africa.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This French composer, whose most important contribution was the composition of the mass in music, also infused Gregorian chants into mass during the Renaissance.
Who is Guillaume Dufay?
This is the name of the French dynasty that failed to produce a male heir, leading to the Hundred Years War
What is the Capetian dynasty?
This academy was not a formal school, but an informal gathering of influential Florentine humanists devoted to the works of Plato and Neoplatonists
What is the Florence Academy?
The edict issued by the Pope in 1494 divided the world between Spain and Portugal by drawing a line down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Treaty of Tordesillas?