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High Late Middle Age/Renaissance
Test #3 Abroad
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History
Undergraduate 2
06/22/2011

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Otto I
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cane at request of Pope and replaces Pope in 963, Duke of Saxony, King of Germany, King of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor, made Germans as bishops
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Berengar
Definition
occupied the northern papal states during the 960s when Italy was in political turmoil
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Ottonians
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under Otto I, pushed out counts and built castles
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incastellamento
Definition
the fuedal kingdoms of Europe became dotted with castles, local lords could dominate the countryside, Kings had less power
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capitanei
Definition
a rank of warrior
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vavasors
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a feudal tenant ranking directly below a baron
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Conrad II
Definition
German king, Roman Emperor, made constitutio de feudis
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constitutio de feudis
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allowed the vavasors and capitanei to leave their land to their descendants
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Henry III
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son of Conrad II, King of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, leads the church's reform
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Pope Gregory VII
Definition
a great reforming pope, Gregorian Reform, significant role in investiture controversy
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Gregorian Reform
Definition
reforms dealing with moral integrity and independence of the clergy, major headings in the electoral decree
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simony
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the crime of paying for sacraments and for holy offices or positions in the hierarchy of a church, important issue during investiture controversy
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concubinage
Definition
the state of someone in an ongoing relationship with somebody whom they can't be, often because of social status
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Frangipani
Definition
Roman patrician clan, at odds with the papacy, chief adversaries of the Pierleoni family in the baronial struggles in Rome, used the Colosseum as a fortress
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Pierleoni
Definition
Roman patrician clan, lived in Jewish Quarter, protectors of the popes
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champagne fairs
Definition
a market for textiles, leather, fur, spices, linked cloth-producing cities with dyeing and exporting centers
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contado
Definition
countryside surrounding and controlled by the citystate
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Frederick I Barbarossa
Definition
wanted all of Italy, German Holy Roman Emperor, lost to Lombard League and created the peace of constance
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Lombard League
Definition
alliance with cities of northern Italy, created to counter Frederick I's attempt to assert imperial influence over Italy
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battle of legnano
Definition
1176 between Holy Roman Empire led by Frederick I and the Lombard League, Frederick's rule broken
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peace of constance
Definition
Frederick I and Lombard League confirmed Peace of Venice, compromise between the two groups
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regalia
Definition
rights, perogatives, privileges enjoyed exclusively by any sovereign
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Henry VI
Definition
marries Constance, King of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, Kng of Sicily
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Frederick II
Definition
powerful Holy Roman Emperor, at war with the papacy, excommunicated four times, King of Germany, Italy, Burgundy, Sicily, Jerusalem, papacy was in between his northern land and kingdom of sicily
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interregnum
Definition
a period of discontinuity in government, time between one reign and another
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Otto IV of Brunswick
Definition
one of two rival kings, only king of Welf Dynasty, incurred the wrath of Pope Innocent III, excommunicated
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Conradin
Definition
king of Romans, led unsuccessful attempt to regain Sicily from Charles of Anjou
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execution of Conradin
Definition
1268, arrested and beheaded
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Charles of Anjou
Definition
king of sicily, expelled from the island after the sicilian vespers in 1282
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sicilian vespers
Definition
rebellion in sicily against the French/Angevin King Charles I who took control of all of Sicily
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Angevins
Definition
royal house and cadet branch of the House of Capet founded by Charles I of Sicily
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campanilismo
Definition
devotion to city, customs, and traditions
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feudalism
Definition
legal and military customs that was a system for ordering relationships around land in exchange for service or labor
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podesta
Definition
the name for high officials mainly as chief magistrate of a citystate, or local administrator
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popolo
Definition
a group to protect the commoners from the nobility who had controlled the governments
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signoria
Definition
governing authority, lordship in the citystates
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captain of the popolo
Definition
official that led military forces and insured justice to members
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commune
Definition
intentional community sharing interests, property, possessions, resources, etc.
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second popolo
Definition
occurred in Florence
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ordinances of justice
Definition
laws creatd in Florence against influential families and Ghibelline sympathizers, ensured guilds retained control
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palazzo publico
Definition
in siena, to house the republican government, consisting of podesta and council of nine
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condottiere
Definition
soldier leaders of the professional, military free companies contracted by the citystates and the papacy
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medici
Definition
political dynasty, banking family that gathered prominence under cosimo de medici in florence
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cosimo de medici
Definition
first of the medici during much of the Renaissance, imprisoned and exiled but returned in 1434
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Sforza
Definition
ruling family in Milan during Renaissance, became condottiere and used military position to rule
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Peace of Lodi
Definition
peace agreement ending struggles between Milan and Venice, established permanent boundaries
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Italian League
Definition
after Peace of Lodi, set up saying they'd defend each other against any threat disturbing the existing balance of power
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Habsburg/Valois Wars
Definition
struggle for power and territory marked by increasing alliances, counter-alliances, and betrayals
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100 Years War
Definition
mainly France and England, victory for Valois in France but nearly ruined them
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Treaty of Gibraltar
Definition
1492, Moorish emirate in Spain came to and end and Spain kept Gibraltar
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French Invasion of Italy
Definition
1494, Charles invaded Florence and established a republican government, negotiated a peaceful accord, captured some o fItaly, stopped by the League of Venice
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Florentine Republic
Definition
formed a commune, ruled by signoria, Medici faction until French invasion and then again in 1512, 1532 became a monarchy
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Machiavelli
Definition
philosopher, humanist, writer in Florence during the Renaissance, main founder of political science
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Charles V
Definition
ruled all over Europe, Spanish colonies, America, Caribbean, Asia, expanded Holy Roman Empire, fought against the French a lot, opposed the Protestand Reformation
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Cateau-Cambresis
Definition
commune in northern France, peace treaty ending the Italian Wars in 1559
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guild
Definition
association of craftsmen in a particular trade
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oligarchy
Definition
power structure where power rests with a small number of people
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aristocracy
Definition
government where the bet qualified citizens rule
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bourgeoisie
Definition
citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate, owns the means of production in a capitalist society
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