The philosophy that put less focus on religion and the afterlife and more focus on "worldliness".
What is Secularism?
100
The Renaissance social class that constituted 2-3% of the population but that dominated politics and society.
What is the Nobility?
100
A period of European History who's name means "Rebirth"
What is The Renaissance?
100
A book by Machiavelli detailing the realities of politics.
What is "The Prince"?
100
The practice of Popes filling church vacancies with family members.
What is Nepotism?
200
An intellectual movement promoting education centered around the classics and liberal arts.
What is humanism?
200
The social class of the Church, owning large amounts of land in Europe.
What is the Clergy?
200
Coastal, wealthy centers of trade and culture in Italy.
What are city states?
200
An emerging art technique in which depth was rendered in a painting by way of lines and angles.
What is Perspective?
200
The period within the Catholic Church from the end of the Great Schism (1417) to the early Reformation (1500s), referring to the popes that ruled then.
What is The Renaissance Papacy?
300
The father of Humanism.
Who is Petrarch?
300
Social class of middle income, working in trades and industries.
What is the Merchants?
300
An integral aspect of Renaissance culture in which old, well known surnames inferred power and influence.
What is Family in the Renaissance?
300
The view that art should be meant to recreate the world as perfectly as possible.
What is Realism?
300
John Hus' Bohemian movement opposing the Catholic Church's obsession with worldly affairs.
What is Hussitism?
400
Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy or ethics, and history.
What are the liberal arts?
400
A social development occurring first in the Italian Princely States, in which wealthy intellectual communities emerged around the Nobles in power.
What is Courtly Society?
400
A large sum of money payed by the a bride's family in a wedding to the groom's, indicating wealth, appreciation, and unity.
What is a Dowry?
400
Title for those in Renaissance-era society who sponsored, ordered, and funded art projects.
What is a sponsor?
400
Brought an end to the Great Schism between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches in 1417.
What is the Council of Constance?
500
Philosophy that promoted one's own achievements over collectivity.
What is Individualism
500
Church-owned territory in Italy.
What are Papal states?
500
The kingdom in southern Italy and Sicily.
What is the kingdom of Naples?
500
The chief form of secular music in France and Italy.
What is the Madrigal?
500
Movement of John Wyclif and his followers, seen as a forerunner to the Reformation for speaking out against the Catholic Church.