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| A rebirth of classical culture that began in Italy during the 14th and 15th centuries. |
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| Italian for "fifteenth century." |
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| A city-state is an independent entity whose territory consists of a city which is not administered as part of another local government. |
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| An adjective used to refer to polytheistic religious traditions. |
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| A dynasty of merchants and bankers who used their vast wealth to govern the city-state of Florence and patronize the arts. |
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| Sculptor, engineer, artist, et cetera. His most famous works are the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. |
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| Sculptor and artist. His most famous works are Pieta (Mary mourning the dead body of Christ), a statue of Moses, and a statue of David. He also painted the Sistine Chapel. |
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| Italian scholar and poet. Considered the first "modern" writer and the Father of Humanism. Wrote poetry in Italian and other works in Latin. |
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| A contemporary of Petrarch. His most famous work is the Decameron, a collection of stories, sort of like the Canterbury Tales. |
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| Wrote The Book of the Courtier, a guide to becoming the ideal Renniassance gentleman. In his opinion, men should be well-mannered and good at everything. |
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| Wrote The Prince, a guide to ruling a country. Said that "It's better to be feared than loved." |
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| Christian humanist and writer in favor of reforming the church from within. Most famous works are The Praise of Folly and Handbook of a Christian Knight. |
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| English. Author of Utopia, an account of an imaginary ideal society. Lord Chancellor of England. Opposed Henry VII's break from the Catholic Church. Beheaded for his principles. |
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| Inventor of the printing press. First person to make interchangeable moveable type from lead molds. Printed the Gutenburg Bible. |
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| Artist. Created self-portraits and woodblock prints such as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. |
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| The period during the reign of Queen Elizabeth; the height of the English Rennaissance, during which Shakespeare lived. |
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| A well-known humanist and early feminist. Wrote the Epistolae familiars (Familiar Letters,) which criticized discrimination against women. |
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| One of the three main principles of the Rennaissance. The concept that government should exist seperately from religion. Deals with worldly matters. |
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| A philosophy emphasizing the individual. |
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| An intellectual movement in Renaissance Italy based upon the study of the Greek and Roman classics. |
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| Merchant and banker, founder of the Medici dynasty. One of the first people to ignore the church's rules against lending for interest (usury.) |
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| Son of Giovanni who used the family fortune to fill a power vacuum created by the lack of a national monarchy. Became unofficial ruler of Florence. |
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| Cosimo's grandson. Also ruled Florence. A major patron of the arts. |
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