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Humanism

belief system that emphasises the value, ideas, and potential of human beings

Patronage

invest/fund new discoveries, inventions and ideas

Benefits of the printing press

• allowed ideas to spread

• quickly made copies of information to be shared

Renaissance man/woman

a person whose knowledge expands across a wide range of fields of study

Medieval Ages/ Age of Faith

period of time believing God controlled everything, trusting in the church to find all the answers.

Medici Family

an influential family that were initially bankers and merchants in Florence, but later impacted the renaissance by their patronage in the arts.

Venetian Republic

a centre of trade that consisted of wealthy merchants

Japan’s feudal system

Merchants → artisans → peasants→ samurai→ daimyo→shogun→ emperor

Medieval Feudal system

Serfs→peasants→knights→lords→nobles→king→pope

Feudalism

A system where land and protection are exchanged for service and military assistance from lower ranks.

Trial by combat

two parties settle a dispute by dueling

Knights

fighters that served a Lord or Baron

Lords

wealthy land owners responsible for loyalty to king and provide land

Trial by Ordeal

method relying on iudicium dei (divine intervention) to decide if someone is guilty

Edo period/ Tokugawa Shogunate

1603 - 1868

Isolation period

1603-1868, prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the country, limiting foreign trade to dutch and china

Nagasaki port

where foreign trade would take place during the isolation period

Bushido Code

seven principles guiding samurai conduct, concerning attitude and behaviour.

Policy of isolation (word)

sakoku

percentage of peasants in Japan’s population

90%

samurai

master warriors that serve daimyo following the bushido code

ronin

a samurai without a master, who travels the country to offer service to anyone in need

daimyo

wealthy lords that controlled land and employed samurai for protection

Shogun

military ruler of japan that became strong enough to rule the country

merchants

Wealthy individuals who sell and trade products, lowest class

Emperor

religious leader with limited political power, ceremonial position

tokugawa ieyasu

first shogun to take away complete power from the emperor

Perspective in art

A technique used to create the illusion of depth and space on a flat surface.

manor

A large estate or house ruling over surrounding lands, granted by king

Shogunate period

1192-1868

common themes in renaissance art

portraits, biblical scenes, anatomy, events in daily life

challenges faced by humanists

persecuted as they challenged church beliefs, dependent on patrons

who made printing press

Johannes Gutenburg

who were the medicis

wealthy merchant family who were the biggest patrons of renaissance

challenges of people in medieval europe

dictated by church, terrible hygiene, lack of medical care, famine

serfs

lowest of peasant class, workers bounded to land given by lord and had limited rights

manor system

economic system with rural communities around manor, serfs and peasants worked for lord

different punishments of medieval times

iron maiden, scolds bridle, pillory, hanging

law and justice in medieval period

local and based on feudal obligations