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Chapter 15
Mr. Walz European History Class
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History
9th Grade
02/17/2014

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Renaissance
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a rebirth of culture from the Romans and the Greeks.
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Mercenaries
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a soldier who fights primarily for pay
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Republic
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a form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote.
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Doge
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an elected leader in Venice's republic
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Milan
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an Italian trade state, located just before the Alps, ruled by the Visconti family
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Venice
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a Italian trade state, ruled by a small group of merchants, a republic as its form of government.
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Cosimo de Medici
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in 1434 this man took Florence from a small group merchants.
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Girolamo Savonarola
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a Dominican preacher that pointed out the corruption of the Medici family. He greatly declined the power of the Medici family.
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Papal States
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The city of Rome was the capital and the states were ruled by the Catholic Church.
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Italian Wars
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King Charles VIII of France lead an army of 30,000 French to take Italy's wealth. Since Italy was run by many independent states the Italians had no real army. This lead them to call upon King Charles I of Spain who gladly sent an army to battle the French for 30 years until they won. The Spanish soldiers the went to Rome to get paid for fighting and since Rome refused to pay they got sacked.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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This man wrote THE PRINCE, the book was about how to get and keep political power.
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Baldassare Castiglione
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This man wrote THE BOOK OF THE COURTIER, the key idea of the renaissance was a well developed individual.
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Burgher
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a member of the mddle class who lived in a city or a town
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Alessandra Strozzi
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This woman wrote a letter to her grandson commending him for acting charitably to an enemy
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humanism
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an intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities which included grammar rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, and history
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Francesco Petrarch
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this man is often called the father of humanism. He looked for forgotten manuscripts of the poet Virgil and Ciero.
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Vernacular
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the language of everyday speech in a particular region.
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Dante
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This man wrote Divine Comedy, in vernacular language so more then just scholars could understand it.
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Christine Pizan
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This woman wrote The Book of the City of Ladies, she argued that women could learn like men do if they were given the chance.
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Johannes Gutenberg
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This man invented the movable printing press, this greatly affected the increased number
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Fresco
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a painting on fresh, wet plaster with water based paints
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perspective
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artistic techniques used to give the effect of three dimensional depth to two dimensional surfaces
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Masaccio
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this man painted The Tribute Money, a story that depicts the life of St. Peter.
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Filippo Brunelleschi
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This man designed the church of San Lorenzo, the church had a dome roof
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Leonardo da Vinci
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he was an artist, scientist, inventor, and visionary, painted the Mona Lisa.
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Raphel Sanzio
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Painter, many of the Virgin Mary, made frescos in the Vatican Palace, he wrote The School of Athens, it was about the order and balance and harmony of the Romans and the Greeks
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Michelangelo Bounarroti
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This man painted the Sistine Chapel, was a sculptor
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Van Eyck
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This man started using oil painting, made a wide variety of colors, he painted Giovanni Arnolfini an His Bride.
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Albert Durer
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He painted nature, he took two trips to Italy in his life to study paintings
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Robert Campin
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He created Merode Altarpiece, he used shadows for a 3-D look.
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