Ms. Wentland

AP European History

Chapter 12 – Age of Renaissance

Renaissance

Burkhardt

Hanseatic League

Medicis (Cosimo and Lorenzo)

Castiglione

The Book of the Courtier

Slavery

Dowry

Sforzas

Isabella d’Este

Balance of power

Peace of Lodi

Diplomacy

Machiavelli

The Prince

Humanism

Bruni

New Cicero

Neoplatonism/Hermeticism

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Oration on the Dignity of Man

Vittorino da Feltre

Gutenberg

Masaccio

Sandro Botticelli

Donatello

David

Brunelleschi

Leonardo

Last Supper

Raphael (madonnas)

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel

Jan van Eyck

Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride

Albrecht Drüer

Adoration of the Magi

Madrigals

New Monarchies

Charles VII of France

Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges

King Louis XI of France (Spider)

War of the Roses

Court of Star Chamber

Isabella of Castile

Ferdinand of Spain

Hermandades/corregidores

Inquisition

Conversos

Council of Constance

Lollardy

John Wyclif

John Hus

Sacrosancta/Frequens

Execrabilis

Nepotism

Pope Julius II

Pope Leo X

  1. Make a venn diagram that demonstrates and understanding of the unique features and the similarities of the medieval period and the Renaissance.
  1. What major economic and social developments occurred during the Renaissance?
  1. Discuss the political development of Italy during the Renaissance. What new political practices (statecraft) did the Italians contribute to Europe? How are these new political practices reflected in the work of Machiavelli?
  1. What was humanism? What effect did it have on philosophy, education, attitudes toward politics, and the writing of history?
  1. Assume that you are a pupil in a Renaissance school. How would the curriculum differ from a medieval church school? Explain what kind of education you plan to receive. For what occupations will you be prepared?
  1. What were the chief characteristics of Renaissance art, and how did art differ in Italy and northern Europe in this period?
  1. "The major characteristic in the development of the 'new monarchies' was the expansion of central government authority in the areas of economic, political, judicial, military, and religious policy." Is this a valid statement in regard to England, Spain, and France? Was the pattern of political development the same in eastern Europe?
  1. Discuss the major characteristics of the Renaissance papacy. What impact did the policies of the Renaissance popes have on the Catholic church?