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Humanism

a belief system that emphasises the value, dignity, and potential of human beings.

Patronage

giving support, usually money, to develop their artistic or scholarly work.

Benefits of the printing press

• allowed ideas to spread and flourish without the constraints of the church

• allowed large amounts of information to be shared quickly and in large numbers

Renaissance man/woman

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

Humanist

a person who valued the human mind and knowledge, challenging the views and control of the church.

Medieval Ages/ Age of Faith

a period of time where everyone was uneducated and believed that 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 that market exotic or foreign products.

Japan’s feudal system

Merchants → peasants→ samurai→ daimyo→shogun→ emperor

Medieval Feudal system

Serfs→peasants→ knights→lords→nobles→royalty

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 fighting to the death, the party that survives proclaimed as correct

Knights

used to serve and protect the land of their Lord or Baron. 

Lords

Land managers responsible for economic oversight, military support of knights, protection, and loyalty to the King.

Baron

A noble who holds land and owes allegiance to a higher lord.

Serfs

Agricultural laborers bound to work on a lord's estate, with limited rights.

Trial by Ordeal

used by the church to determine if a woman was guilty or innocent of witchcraft, believed that if the accused was truly innocent, God would intervene and protect them while also revealing the guilty. 

Edo period/ Tokugawa Shogunate

1603CE-1867CE

Isolation period

for 260 years, Japan prohibited anyone from entering and leaving the country, limiting foreign trade to two main countries

Nagasaki port

where foreign trade would take place during the isolation period

did they like christians?

NOPE

Bushido Code

Eight principles guiding samurai conduct, concerning attitude and behaviour.

Policy of isolation (actual word beta)

sakoku

percentage of peasants in Japan’s population

90%

samurai

master warriors that serve daimyo by protecting their territorial land through combat.

meaning of samurai

those who serve/ master warrior

ronin

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

meaning of ronin

“wave man”

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 products manufactured by the peasants, typically looked down upon despite their wealth.

Europeans impact on Japan

affected culture, trade, and weaponry

Emperor

spiritual leader with limited political power during shogunate rule, the emperor's authority was largely symbolic with the shogun holding actual governance.

Tokugawa Leyasu

first shogun to take away complete power from the emperor, allowing shoguns to rule the country from 1603-1868

Main religious beliefs during the tokugawa shogunate

buddhism, shintoism, and neo confucianism

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, typically used as the residence of a lord.

Shogunate period

1192-1867