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History 110 (2)
Medieval Europe from the second half of the semester
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History
Undergraduate 1
12/19/2011

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Term
Capetians 
Definition
987-1328, France, descendants of King Hugh Capet of France, descendant of the Carolingians and the Merovingians. Tight, paranoid government and associative kingship. 
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Bayeaux Tapestry 
Definition
massive embroidered cloth that depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England 
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Cluny 
Definition
Benedictine monastery in France. Known for strict adherence to the Rule of St. Benedict, and was the place where the Benedictine Order was formed. Leader of Western monasticism. ~ 11th century. 
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Simony 
Definition

·      sale of church offices (church in shambles,  corrupt popes)

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College of Cardinals 
Definition

·      body of all the cardinals of the Catholic Church. Serves to advise the pope about church matters and elect successors . Part of papal reform.

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Clerical Marriage 
Definition
the practice of allowing clergy to marry. Banned during reform by Pope Leo IX 
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Lay Investiture 
Definition

·      the appointment of bishops and abbots by secular rulers rather than by the Church. Part of Papal reform

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Pope Gregory VII 
Definition
r 1073-1085, fought with Emperor Henry IV over investiture and the primacy of papal authority 
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Henry IV 
Definition
 r 1056-1106, fought with Pope Gregory VII over investiture and papal authority 
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Dictatus Papae 
Definition
compilation of 27 statements of powers arrogated to the pope that was included in Pope Gregory VII’s register under the year 1075. 
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Canossa 
Definition
commune where  Emperor Henry IV did penance in 1077 to reverse his excommunication by Pope Gregory VII. 
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Pope Urban II 
Definition
r 1088 to 1099, speech at the council of Clermont in 1095, crusades, viewed blood as purifying 
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Council of Claremont 
Definition

·      1095, depicted persecution of Christians by Muslims, desire for knights in Europe to seek penance for sings, Christian fighting not allowed

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Peter the Hermit 
Definition

·      apocalyptic lecturer during the first crusade

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Twelfth-Century Renaissance 
Definition
1050-1250, social, political, and economic transformations and an intellectual revitalization of western Europes with philosophical and scientific roots (school systems, banks) 
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Gothic 
Definition

·      new style of architecture in the 12th century Renaissance

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Aristotle 
Definition

·      4 BCE, provided inspiration for focus on physical sciences, joy from knowledge, paved the way for new ways of thinking in terms of organization and arguments

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Realist 
Definition
people who believe in the idea that absolutes (realities) do exist 
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Nominalist 
Definition
people who believe that reality is abstract, that words don’t really mean anything. These two ideas (realist and nominalist) arise in the debate about the nature of the Eucharist 
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St. Anselm 
Definition

·      1033-1099, said that reason can uplift faith, the two don’t have to be separate

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Peter Abelard 
Definition
1079-1142, French scholoastic philosopher, theologian, and logician. Heloise’s lover. 
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Astrolabe 
Definition
instrument for measuring angles of slope/tilt, elevation or depression of an object, used of navigations, and astronomy 
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Fourth Lateran Council 
Definition

·      1215, called by Pope Innocent III, basically laye out and organized Christian rules concerning heretics and Jews, ecclesiastical procedre, and the nature of the Holy Land

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Ibn Rushd- (Averroes) 
Definition

·      Muslim thinker who had expertise in many subjects, including theology and philosophy. Defended Aristotlean philosophy against those who thought it posed a threat to Islam

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Universitatis 
Definition

·      universities were now appearing, associated with the Churches. First one was in Paris, hotbed of violence, murder. Combined religion and Logic. Spread to Oxford and Cambridge.

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Chivalry 
Definition

·      knighthood, aristocratic military origin of individual training and service to others.

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·      Common Law

Definition

o   Standard law for all people

o   King’s not seen as gods anymore

o   Law not oral but written

o   Taxes are now an assumed part of the state

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·      Parliament

Definition

o   Assemblies, getting approval from them

o   Some see this as progress (moving away from tyranny)

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·      Magna Carta

Definition

  1216, England

o   Big Charter

o   Perfect symbol of democracy and freedom

o   Origin of our own Constitution

o   Army of God

o   Taxes

o   Subordinated King to the law

§  Clause 39,40

§  Habeas Corpus and due process

o   Parliaments seen as a thing that must be done

o   Conservative—not radical—feudal

o   Wanted a more efficient royal justice—one law

o   Stronger government, stronger king

§  Not people having more power

o   13th Century was about increasing the power of the state

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·      Abbey of St. Denis

Definition
prototype for gothic style and some other shit
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·      Louis IX

Definition

o   He had remarkable administrators

o   Saint but also King

o   Used parliament

o   Lived this image of Christ like

§  Imitato Christi

o   Biography

§  Joinville’s Life of St. Louis

o   Went on crusade in Tunis and died

o   Secular state was a cult as well

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·      Joinville

Definition

o   Wrote Saint Louis IX’s biography

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·      Mendicant

Definition

o   How “brothers” were getting by—begging, relying on charitable donations

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·      Friars            

Definition

o   Not monks but brothas

o   Denied social rank

o   Had no wealth—no property, no monasteries

o   They were imitating Christ

§  Imitato Christi

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·      Dominicans

Definition

o   High minded

o   Went to universities

o   Preached

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·      Franciscans

Definition

o   Emotional

o   Not itellectual

o   Went out to people in forests and preached

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·      St. Francis

Definition

o   One of 7 sons of a wealthy merchant

o   After having a vision of Christ telling him to fix his house, he felt he must live like Christ as a mendicant

o   Renounced his inheritance

o   Pope Innocent III recognized the importance of Francis and his followers the Franciscans

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Prester John 
Definition
legendary ruler of Christian tribe lost among Muslims and pagans in the orient, king of Ethiopia, wanted to convert Mongols, appears in travel writings (William of Rubruck and Marco Polo) 
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Leprosarium 
Definition
a hospital for the treatment of leprosy, a leper colony 
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Ecclesiastica 
Definition
statue depicting the Church outside of the Strasbourg Cathedreal, wearing a crown and holding a cross 
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Synagoga 
Definition

·      statue depicting the Old Testament outside of the Strasbourg Cathedral, downturned, blindfolded and wearing a falling crown

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Torah 
Definition

·      Jewish Bible, first 5 books of the Bible, the old testament

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Talmud 
Definition

·      Jewish law code, condemned and burned  by Nicholas Donin (Jewish convert) in 1240

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Mishnah- 
Definition
Jewish law code, written in Hebrew, part of the Talmud 
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Nicholas Donin 
Definition
Jewish convert who claimed that the Talmud should be banned 
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Nachmanides 
Definition
leading Jewish scholar and Rabbi, debated against the truth of Christianity against Pablo Christiani 
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Papal Schism 
Definition
1378 to 1417, split in Catholic church when two men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, end of papal monarchy 
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Hundred Years’ War 
Definition

·      1337-1453, between France and England, war of attrition, disrupted tradition, nations emerge

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Blood Libel 
Definition

·      idea that Jews were stealing Christian children for their rituals

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Host Desecration 
Definition
idea that Jews were torturing the Eucharist 
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The Black Death 
Definition
14th century, killed 30-60 percent of Europe’s population, Yersina Pestis, job opportunities, obsession with death 
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Bubonic Plague 
Definition
cause of Black Death? 
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The Peasants’ Revolt, 1381 
Definition

·      mark of the beginning of the end of serfdom in medieval Engald, although the revolt itself was a failure.mark of the beginning of the end of serfdom in medieval England, although the revolt itself was a failure.

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Ars Moriendi 
Definition
book on how to die well 
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Malthusian Crisis 
Definition

·      idea that there is a population capacity, and once reached, people will have to return to subsistence-style living

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·      Pope Celestine V

Definition

o   Hermit and spiritual leader

o   First to abdicated the papal throne after he heard a voice that told him too

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·      Pope Boniface VIII

Definition

o   1294-1303

o   Benedict Gaetani

o   Spoke the words Celestine V heard that made him abdicate

o   Clericis Laicos is issued under him

o   Also issues the Unam Sanctam in 1302

o   Retired to Agnani and issued an excommunication order to the French king

o   Go get him at Agnani and beat him

o   Townspeople then save him and he returns to rome where he dies a month later

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·      Clericis Laicos

Definition

o   Prohibited all church/clergy taxation without papal permission

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·      Unam Sanctam

Definition

o   1302

o   both swords of the world belong to him

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Agnani 
Definition

·       

o   Where Pope Boniface VIII retired to and was taken from

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·      Avignon

Definition

o   First it was the temporary new home of the pope but then became permanent under Clement V

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·      Philip IV the Fair

Definition

o   1285-1314

o   Ruler in France

o   Took complete control of the church’s property

o   Taxing everyone

o   Very diverse

o   King of England was his vassal

o   When he dies it becomes of a challenge of who would rule out of his 3 sons

Term

·      Longbow

Definition

o   Weapon used in the 100 years war

o   English now using tactics they learned from the Scottish

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·      Joan of Arc

Definition

o   1412-1431

o   Heavenly voice told her to dress up like a man an fight

o   Many saw her as divine and thought her claims were honorable

o   Protected the dauphin

o   Remained a symbol of France’s resistance

o   Was eventually burned at the stake

Term

·      Free Companies

Definition

o   Mercenaries the kings hired to help them fight

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·      Order of the Star

Definition

 

o   1352

o   Part of the height of Chivalric fantasy that was taken to a new extreme

o   King John and 300 members take oath to never flee in battle, but were killed by guns 1 year later.

o   These orders glorified noble descent and superiority

o   Pride above victory

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·      Petrarch

Definition

o   1304-1314

o   Founder of Humanism

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·      Humanism

Definition
an approach in study, philosophy, world view or practice that focuses on human values and concerns. 
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·      Medium Aevum

Definition
middle ages
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·      Medici

Definition

o   Ruled with force (democracy was a myth)

o   Ruled Florence like a dictator but extraordinary patron of humanists

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·      Donatello’s David

Definition

o   Very realistic

o   Compared to Michaelangelo’s David—much younger hero

o   Has a hat on but no clothes

o   First nude sculpture in Europe since antiquity

o   Evokes an image of Christ on top of the heard of the serpent

o   Great example of new Renaissnace Humanism

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·      Filippo Brunelleschi

Definition

o   D.1446

o   Classical architect in everyway, not even a hint of gothic art

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·      Leonardo da Vinci

Definition

o   1452-1519

o   Painted the last supper

o   Part of this new humanism renaissance

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·      The Last Supper

Definition

o   Painted by da Vinci

o   Commissioned by Ludovico il Moro

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·      Council of Constance

Definition

o   1414

o   Could depose a pope

o   Church as a corporation could remove its leader (pope) if they went astray

o   Councils had more power and importance than the pope

o   But failed after this council—very short lived

o   This is also the first time that nations voted as a unit

§  First time hearing things like the “Church of England” or “Galician Church”

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·      John Wyclif

Definition

o   D. 1384

o   Heretic

o   New transformations of the sacraments

o   State alone should deal in temporal matters

o   His followers were called Lollards

§  Also this was a derogatory term meaning lazy

o   Encouraged faith as a personal devotion

Term

·      Jan Hus

Definition

o   1415

o   Heretic

o   His followers were called Hussites

o   Connected to a national origin

o   More widespread and long-lasting

o   Burned at the stake

o   Survives today-foundation of the Morovian Church

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·      Girolamo Savonarola

Definition

o   D. 1498

o   Heretic

o   Said he knew the future

o   Bonfire of the vanities

§  Burning of all heretical paintings

o   Called a heretic and killed

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·      Brethern of Common Life

Definition

o   Started in 1370’s

o   Movement of lay people

o   Lived in communes—kind of like monks

o   Established schools

o   Where humanist Erasmus was educated

Term

·      Erasmus

Definition

o   1466-1536

o   Translated new bible

§  Greek and Latin side by side

o   He said not everyone should read the bible

o   His translations were used by Luther

Term

·      Martin Luther

Definition

o   D. 1546

o   Had a religious awakening

o   Joined a monastic order against his father’s wishes

o   Wrote 95 Theses

§  Questions against the church

o   Faith vs. works—crystal clear faith more important

o   Scripture higher than the pope

o   Papacy condemned

o   Excommunicated and called an outlaw

o   Began translating bible into German

o   Made use of the printing press

o   Protected by very powerful men

o   Started to appeal to a sense of German national identity

Term

·      Indulgences

Definition

o   Luther condemned the church for selling indulgences and it was one of his main complaints in the 95 Theses

Term

·      Ninety-five Theses

Definition

o   Written by Luther

o   Questions the church

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·      Peace of Augsburg

Definition

o   1555

o   Lutheran church recognized

o   End of Protestant Reformation

o   Cuius Regio, eius religio

§  Old idea that people should be the religion of their leader

o   No mention of Calvinists or other groups

o   Luther organized a church based on 3 things

§  Baptism, confession, and the last supper

o   Not creating a new church, reestablish the first church

Term

·      Huldrych Zwingli

Definition

o   1484-1531

o   Humanist educated and preached to his own community

o   Explicated the bible

o   Spoke about true church in his communities

o   Established a morals court

o   Founder of the Church of Switzerland

Term

·      John Calvin

Definition

o   1509-1564

o   Exile

o   Church not tied to a place or certain structure

o   Spread more quickly because exiles made up large majority of its members

o   First organized Calvinist church called Huguenots

o   Calvin broke far more radically from the medieval church—Luther did not

o   Believed in predestination

o   Preached humility to God alone

Term

·      Predestination

Definition

o   Some are saved and some are damned.

o   Don’t know whom.

o   Believed by Calvinists.

Term

·      The Fourth Crusade

Definition

o   1202-1204

o   Conquered Constantinople

o   Venetians did this to get a trading monopoly in the East

o   Greeks got it back in 1261 but split into 12 principalities which created a lot of fighting

Term

·      Osman

Definition

o   1258-1326

o   Conquered all tribes around him

o   Leader of a tribe

§  Raiders

o   He was a warrior and lived in a warrior state

§  Ghazi state=warrior state

o   Turkish

Term

·      The Battle of Nicopolis

Definition

o   1396

o   Last crusade

o   Backfired on the pope

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·      Timur the Lame

Definition

o   1336-1405

o   Crushed the Turks

o   Mongol invader

o   Ottoman’s eventually recover from this blow and move into Greece during the 1330’s-1340’s.

Term

·      Mehmet II

Definition

o   1432-1481

o   Powerful warrior

o   Built new castles on the line that separated Europe and Asia, cut off Constantinople from it

o   Fate of Constantinople sealed

o   Byzantine couldn’t enough people to protect the border of Constantinople so they put a chain in the water to stop ships

o   Mehmet then says to move ships from water to land in front of Constantinople walls

o   Collapse in 1453—end of Byzantine Empire.

o   Installed a new greek patriarch

o   Massive public work projects

§  Behaved like byzantine emperors before him 

Term

·      Devshirme

Definition

o   System of levies

o   Gives boys to the ottomans

Term
Janissaries 
Definition

o   Trained to be soldiers

o   Masters in all arts of wars

Term

·      Suleiman I

Definition

o   1520-1566

o   The Magnificent

o   Habsburg was their enemy

o   Allied themselves with all enemies of the Habsburg

o   Pact with the French

§  Gave the French enormous trading benefits

§  Handed them key holy places too

o   Deeply involved in European politics

Term

·      Gentile Bellini

Definition

o   1429-1507

o   Court artist

o   Renaissance is happening in Istanbul (Constantinople)

Term

Hereford Map

Definition

o   Ca. 1300

o   Mappamundi

o   World map

o   Single piece of sheepskin

o   North is to the left

o   White=land

o   Black + red=sea

o   Outside of the map are pictures

§  Scene of the last judgement

Term
Magnetic Compass 
Definition

o   Invented during the 15th and 16th century as new expeditions of the world occured

Term

·      Zheng He

Definition

o   Chinese

o   Massive ship on Indian Ocean

o   Chinese

 Wanted supremacy over Indian ocean trade  

Term
Henry the Navigator 
Definition

o   1394-1460

o   Prince in Portugal

o   Deeply pious

o   Went down the side of Africa

o   By 1472 after he died his ships finally made it to Cameroon

Term

·      Bartholomeu Dias

Definition

o   1487-1488

o   Got blown off course all the way down the side of Africa

o   Cape of Good Hope

Term

·      Vasco de Gama

Definition

o   Portugese

o   Many of his crew died on the way down the coast of Africa from scurvy

o   Hit Mozambique for the first time

o   Learned he could intimidate people who sailed in dhows

o   Then said from Africa to India-Calicut

o   But relations between the Indians and Portuguese flared when they realized that the Portuguese had no money

o   Returned to Portugal as a hero

Term

·      Calicut

Definition

o   De Gama first to sail there

o   Met leader but tensions flared when they realized his ships had no money

o   De Gama returned in early 1500’s and unleashed reign of terror here

Term

·      Edict of Expulsion

Definition

o   Expulsion of the Jews

o   Proclaimed by Ferdinand and Isabella

o   Wasn’t a total surprise

o   Stopped Columbus from sailing for a day because ports were filled with those fleeing

Term

·      Christopher Columbus

Definition

o   Obsessed with the Indes

o   Convinced he could reach Japan by going west

o   August 3, 1492 set sail with three small ships

o   October 12 hit Bahamas

§  Assumed it was the Indes

o   Returned in 1493 with 17 ships

§  Foundation of Spanish influence in Caribbean

Term

·      Amerigo Vespucci

Definition

o   1454-1512

o   Got credit because he was published a lot

Term

·      Ferdinand Magellan

Definition

o   Skirted around coast of South America

o   Hit Phillipines

o   Hit coast of Africa

o   1st man that circumnavigated the globe

Term
 “Disease Frontier” 
Definition

o   Not just one way

o   Epidemics such as smallpox unleashed on native people

o   Syphilis goes to Europe

Term
Galileo Galilei 
Definition

(1564-1642) Italian Physicist, condemned for heresy for supporting Copernicus’s view that the universe was centered around the sun

Term
Nicolaus Copernicus 
Definition

(1473-1543) said that the earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around

Term
- Ptolemy 
Definition

Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek, first to predict mostly accurate representations of the solar system

Term
Francis Bacon 
Definition
father of scientific theory and empiricism, wrote New Atlantis  
Term
Isaac Newton 
Definition

·      highly religious, but physicist and descriptor of gravity and laws of motion

Term
Deduction 
Definition
logic, reasoning where the conclusion follows from the premises 
Term
Induction 
Definition
relies less on logical reasoning and more on individual experience and observations. 
Term
Robert Boyle 
Definition
one of the founders of modern chemistry, alchemy, vacuum 
Term

Vacuum 

Definition
 volume of space void of matter, contradicted natural thought  
Term
New Atlantis 
Definition

·      Utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon were science and piety are held in harmony by all society’s inhabitants

Term
Cabinet of Curiosities 
Definition

·      an encyclopedic collection in Renaissance Europe of types of objects whose categorical boundaries were yet to be defined

Term
Book of Nature 
Definition
a metaphorical device derived from the Latin Middle Ages that provides form, order, and intelligibility to the study of nature., brought god into the study of natural sciences. 
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