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122 Cards in this Set
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What was the basis of the feudal system? |
A way of life based upon the ownership and use of land |
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What is the relation a lord and a vassal |
The vassal is given a fief (piece of land) by a lord and is to use it in return for certain promised services |
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Popular pastimes of medieval nobles |
Joust: fight on a horsie back Tournament: groups of knights fight a mock battle Falconry: a hunting sport where falcons hunt small game Minstrels: musicians who played simple string instruments and sang ballads |
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Who were serfs |
Farmers of manors who lived in small villages of 10-50 families |
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Two ways which the church tried to stop violence if feudal times |
Truce of god: forbade fighting from Friday to Sunday Peace of god: priests denied sacraments to someone who robbed churches, took a serf’s property, or killed non-combatants during battle |
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The situation in Europe after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire |
Europe plunged into a period of social and economic stagnation |
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The situation in Europe after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire |
Europe plunged into a period of social and economic stagnation |
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Who were the burghers? (Bourgeois) |
Trading communities |
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The situation in Europe after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire |
Europe plunged into a period of social and economic stagnation |
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Who were the burghers? (Bourgeois) |
Trading communities |
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What was the revival of towns and commerce during the latter half of the Middle Ages |
As a result of the crusades Europe began to see economic progress |
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The situation in Europe after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire |
Europe plunged into a period of social and economic stagnation |
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Who were the burghers? (Bourgeois) |
Trading communities |
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What was the revival of towns and commerce during the latter half of the Middle Ages |
As a result of the crusades Europe began to see economic progress |
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What region was known for its will manufacturing |
Flanders |
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The situation in Europe after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire |
Europe plunged into a period of social and economic stagnation |
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Who were the burghers? (Bourgeois) |
Trading communities |
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What was the revival of towns and commerce during the latter half of the Middle Ages |
As a result of the crusades Europe began to see economic progress |
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What region was known for its will manufacturing |
Flanders |
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Gothic architecture |
Tall walls with pointed windows |
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The situation in Europe after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire |
Europe plunged into a period of social and economic stagnation |
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Who were the burghers? (Bourgeois) |
Trading communities |
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What was the revival of towns and commerce during the latter half of the Middle Ages |
As a result of the crusades Europe began to see economic progress |
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What region was known for its will manufacturing |
Flanders |
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Gothic architecture |
Tall walls with pointed windows |
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Burgs |
Trading towns that sprang up beside fortresses |
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The situation in Europe after the fall of Charlemagne’s empire |
Europe plunged into a period of social and economic stagnation |
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Who were the burghers? (Bourgeois) |
Trading communities |
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What was the revival of towns and commerce during the latter half of the Middle Ages |
As a result of the crusades Europe began to see economic progress |
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What region was known for its will manufacturing |
Flanders |
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Gothic architecture |
Tall walls with pointed windows |
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Burgs |
Trading towns that sprang up beside fortresses |
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Hanseatic league |
A confederation of northern Germany towns that attempted to monopolize the entire commerce of Northern Europe |
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The first medieval university and its purpose |
The center for the study of medicine |
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What was the medieval curriculum |
The trivium and the quadrivium |
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Trivium curriculum taught what courses |
Grammar, rhetoric, and logic |
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Quadrivium curriculum taught what courses |
Arithmetic, music, geometry, astronomy |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Began the first translation of the English Bible |
John Wycliffe |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Began the first translation of the English Bible |
John Wycliffe |
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Who initiated a revival in Bohemia |
John Huss |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Began the first translation of the English Bible |
John Wycliffe |
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Who initiated a revival in Bohemia |
John Huss |
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People who followed John Huss |
Hussites |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Began the first translation of the English Bible |
John Wycliffe |
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Who initiated a revival in Bohemia |
John Huss |
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People who followed John Huss |
Hussites |
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Two major poets of the Middle Ages |
Dante: divine comedy Geoffrey Chaucer: the Canterbury tales |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Began the first translation of the English Bible |
John Wycliffe |
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Who initiated a revival in Bohemia |
John Huss |
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People who followed John Huss |
Hussites |
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Two major poets of the Middle Ages |
Dante: divine comedy Geoffrey Chaucer: the Canterbury tales |
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Predicted power driven cars, ships, and flying machines |
Roger bacon |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Began the first translation of the English Bible |
John Wycliffe |
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Who initiated a revival in Bohemia |
John Huss |
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People who followed John Huss |
Hussites |
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Two major poets of the Middle Ages |
Dante: divine comedy Geoffrey Chaucer: the Canterbury tales |
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Predicted power driven cars, ships, and flying machines |
Roger bacon |
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Wycliffe’s follwoers |
Lollards |
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Scholasticism |
An attempt to combine greek philosophy with Romanism |
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Differences between Thomas Aquinas’s and William of Ockham’s philosophies |
Thomism denied man’s sin and god, while Ockham followed scripture |
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Began the first translation of the English Bible |
John Wycliffe |
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Who initiated a revival in Bohemia |
John Huss |
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People who followed John Huss |
Hussites |
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Two major poets of the Middle Ages |
Dante: divine comedy Geoffrey Chaucer: the Canterbury tales |
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Predicted power driven cars, ships, and flying machines |
Roger bacon |
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Wycliffe’s follwoers |
Lollards |
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A Roman priest who lectured against the Roman church |
Savonarola |
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Master painter of the Renaissance |
Michaelangelo |
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How was Leonardo da Vinci the ideal renaissance man |
He was talented in all fields |
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Know for beautiful use of color, painted Sistine, Madonna, The School of Athens. |
Raphael |
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People who used their money to support the arts |
Patrons |
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People who used their money to support the arts |
Patrons |
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How did the Italian Renaissance begin |
It was revived because of the urge for knowledge and to learn humanities |
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People who used their money to support the arts |
Patrons |
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How did the Italian Renaissance begin |
It was revived because of the urge for knowledge and to learn humanities |
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Humanities |
Subjects such as history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry |
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People who used their money to support the arts |
Patrons |
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How did the Italian Renaissance begin |
It was revived because of the urge for knowledge and to learn humanities |
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Humanities |
Subjects such as history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry |
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The Prince (written by Niccolo Machiavelli) was important why |
It had a lasting importance on politics written in 1513 |
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People who used their money to support the arts |
Patrons |
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How did the Italian Renaissance begin |
It was revived because of the urge for knowledge and to learn humanities |
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Humanities |
Subjects such as history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry |
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The Prince (written by Niccolo Machiavelli) was important why |
It had a lasting importance on politics written in 1513 |
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How was the quality of art before the Renaissance |
Bad apparently |
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People who used their money to support the arts |
Patrons |
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How did the Italian Renaissance begin |
It was revived because of the urge for knowledge and to learn humanities |
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Humanities |
Subjects such as history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry |
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The Prince (written by Niccolo Machiavelli) was important why |
It had a lasting importance on politics written in 1513 |
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How was the quality of art before the Renaissance |
Bad apparently |
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What did painter Giotto do |
He painted stuff from da Bible |
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People who used their money to support the arts |
Patrons |
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How did the Italian Renaissance begin |
It was revived because of the urge for knowledge and to learn humanities |
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Humanities |
Subjects such as history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry |
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The Prince (written by Niccolo Machiavelli) was important why |
It had a lasting importance on politics written in 1513 |
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How was the quality of art before the Renaissance |
Bad apparently |
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What did painter Giotto do |
He painted stuff from da Bible |
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Movable printing press, Johann Gutenberg |
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Movable printing press, Johann Gutenberg |
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Why was the timing of gutenberg’s invention of the printing press important |
People needed bibles and people were uneducated |
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Movable printing press, Johann Gutenberg |
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Why was the timing of gutenberg’s invention of the printing press important |
People needed bibles and people were uneducated |
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Differences between Renaissance Italians and bible-centered northern scholars |
Renaissance people didn’t like those books and wanted the handwritten books. The other people spread da bible |
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Movable printing press, Johann Gutenberg |
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Why was the timing of gutenberg’s invention of the printing press important |
People needed bibles and people were uneducated |
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Differences between Renaissance Italians and bible-centered northern scholars |
Renaissance people didn’t like those books and wanted the handwritten books. The other people spread da bible |
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Gluten berg Bible (1456) First bible printed on a press |
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