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The renaissance was?
A rebirth of art and learning
The study of classical text caused?
Humanist to focus on human potential and achievements
The Medici family was?
-extremely wealthy and politically influential
-2 of its members became Popes
The chief goal of the Crusades was to what?
-recover Jersalem the holy land from the Muslim Turks
During the middle ages church reformers identified?
problems with the church
these included village priest marrying, bishops selling positions in the church for money
The Hagia Sophia is?
One of the best architectural examples of an Orthodox Church
A crafted guide is?
An association of people who worked at the same occupation.
The Magna Carta did what?
guaranteed basic legal rights
The legislative body of Medieval England is what?
Parliament
Traders are most responsible for?
The spread of the Bubonic plague in Europe
The central issue of the Hundred Years was?
Centered around English control of French lands.
During the middle ages a fief was?
a Grant of land from a lord to a vassal
A monastery is?
A community of Christian men who gave up all private possessions to serve God.
Excommunication is?
The act of taking away a persons right to membership in the church
Feudalism is?
The system of government that was based on the exchange of land for protection and services
Knights were expected to do what?
to follow the code of chivalry
Canon Law (Church law) was?
The body of rules and regulations governing religious practices such as marriage.
The lords estate?
called a manor
Perspective is what?
A technique that is most useful in the creation of two-dimensional art
A person who produces wokr in the vernacular is?
The one who writes in a local, rather than a classical language.
The intellectual and cultural movements known as humanism arose from?
The study of classical Greek and Roan Culture
Simony is?
The practice of selling positions in the church
What is the Great Schism?
in 1054 the single christian church split into two divisions the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
Gothic style architecture created?
Structures that achieved greater height and light
The Inquisition is?
The church court used in Spain to persecute Jews and Muslims.
Who invented the printing press?
Johann Gutenberg
Art changed from the Medieval period to the Renaissance when?
Artist began to duplicate the illusion of depth and distance on a flat surface when they began using oil paints
A serf is what?
A peasant
Under the system of feudalism, a fief is a what?
Is a legal grant
In the feudal system, a manor is?
A lords estate
What did William the Conqueror lead?
The Norman conquest to England
William the Conquerre was the first to claim what?
all of England as his personal property
The english nobility forced?
King John of England to sign the Magna Carta.
Who was Joan of Arc charged by and what was she charged with?
she was charged by the catholic church
with acts of heresy including cutting her hair short, wearing armor, and carrying a sword
What did Byzantine Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora do?
they rewrote and reworked the laws of the their empire. This resulted in the increase of the rights of women and the passing of laws that prohibited forced prostitution.
What was Emperor Henry IV’s punishment for defying the pope?
excommunication
The Maid of Lorraine was?
A tale that foretold of Joan of Arc’s victories
Who was Machiavelli?
the author of The Prince, historian and political thinker and posed the question, is it better to be feared or loved?
Cervantes is?
a Spanish writer that is best known for his book Don Quixote
De Pizan was one of the first European writers to question what?
the difference between boys and girls
Da Vinci is a Renaissance man that painted what?
he Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
Bruegel is a Flemish painter who focused on?
What would he use?
prortraying everyday peasant life. He used vivid details and rich colors
Michelangelo is a Renaissance man who painted the?
Sistine Chapel and sculpted the Pieta
Rembrandt is a Dutch artist who made?
great use of light and shadow
Erasmus is a Dutch writer who is best known for what?
his book The Praise of Folly
Raphael is best known for his?
depictions of the Madonna
Who is Shakespeare?
an English writer that is best known for being the first ot duplicate realistic life experiences and dramas
How does the modern Catholic church veiw Joan of Arc?
As a saint
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