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Known as the "Father of Humanism" he was an Italian who studied the classics and wrote letters to Greek and Roman authors of the past.
Who is Petrarch?
100
Probably considered the perfect "Renaissance Man", he drew machines that would not be invented for centuries to come.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
This branch of humanism believed that one should use one's learning to better the world around them and lead an active life within the community.
What is civic humanism?
100
This family pulled strings from behind the scenes in Florence, became bankers to the Papal States.
What is the Medici?
100
Formal grant of the right to the labor of a specific number of Indians.
What is the encomienda?
200
He wrote Oration on the Dignity of Man, in which he said men could rise to the heights of the antes.
Who is Pico della Mirandola?
200
"Father of Renaissance Painting" he began playing with perspective although he never mastered it.
Who is Giotto?
200
They were powerful generals sought after in the warring city-states of Italy.
Who were the condottieri?
200
Together they expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
200
"Laid the egg that Luther hatched"
Who is Erasmus?
300
Wrote the City of Ladies
Who is Christine de Pizan?
300
Famous for both his statues of David and the Pieta as well as for his work on the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
300
Used in painting to create a visual that portrayed depth.
What is perspective?
300
He became king after the War of the Roses and consolidated political power.
Who is Henry VII?
300
To help fight the Turks, this political alliance brought Naples, Milan into an alliance with Florence and these 3 stood together against Venice.
What is the Treaty of Lodi?
400
Wrote the Book of the Courtier which taught men and women the proper behavior at Court.
Who is Baldassar Castiglione?
400
A Northern Renaissance artist he is perhaps best known for his wood etchings and self-portrait.
Who is Durer?
400
Term used for the old rich in Florentine society.
What is the grandi?
400
He was the leader of the Papal States from the Borgia family who sought to gain control over central Italy.
What is Pope Alexander VI?
400
Wrote The Prince in which he expressed that for a ruler "the end justifies the means."
Who is Machiavelli?
500
Wrote Utopia
Who is Sir Thomas More?
500
His most famous painting, The Arnolfini Marriage, is filled with symbolism, characteristic of the Renaissance.
Who is Van Eyck?
500
Spanish colonials that had a mixture of European and Indian blood.
What is mestizos?
500
This French king crossed the Alps and invaded Florence and inspired The League of Venice against him.
Who is Charles VIII?
500
A radical Dominican preacher who ruled Florence for four years.
Who is Savonarola?