Sumptuary Statutes
This was a public display of your social status and wealth.
What is Clothing/Fashion?
The defining invention of the Renaissance.
What is the telescope?
P.S. Ask me about refracting vs reflecting telescopes.
What is a ship?
The century when the Renaissance ended.
When is the 17th century?
The most commonly used weapons in war by the end of the Renaissance.
What are Fire-Arms?
Garments made of hard to acquire fabrics like silk and satin could only be worn by this social rank.
Who are knights, dukes, earls and other nobility?
What are eyeglass (spectacle) shops?
This mode of travel was most efficient to move numerous goods over land.
What are Horses and Mules?
The country that the Renaissance is said to have begun in.
What is Italy?
Fire-arms overpowered this type of weapon.
What are Long-bows and Cross-bows?
These people's fashion was much more subtle, consisting of dark tunics, jerkins, stockings/hose.
Who are the Men?
Galileo was part of a small group of these.
What are astronomers?
Travel in this form was the least expensive and most accessible method.
What is on foot?
The Renaissance is marked as the transition from what period of European history into modernism.
What is the Middle Ages?
This country in particular embraced the introduction of fire-arms into its arsenal.
What is Spain?
These people wore long, flowing gowns with tight bodices, low necklines and petticoats.
Who are the Women?
Galileo's discoveries formed the theory that the world was this.
What is Heliocentric?
Nobility and upper class men may have liveries with servants to take care of these.
What are horses and wagons?
The continent where the Renaissance is said to have taken place.
Where is Europe?
This inventor created the complex spring motor and "De Architectura".
Who is Vitruvius?
Similar to men and women's fashion, this group's clothing was simpler and made of stronger material. Often consisting of dresses in younger years.
Who are the Children?
Galileo did this with his observations. His most famous showed the moon and now sits in the Met.
What is sketch?
This invention helped to make controlling and riding horses a lot easier.
What is the Horse Harness?
Although identified in history books as the Renaissance, this social rank may not have known they were part of it.
What are the lower class/poor?
This launderable fabric ruffle around the wearer's neck was a sign of wealth and social status.
What is a Ruff or a Millstone Collar?