Chapter 13-The Renaissance
Thomas More's ideas, as best expressed in his book Utopia, centered on the belief that
corruption and war are due to acquisitiveness and rpivate property
local groups in Spain that were given royal authority to administer justice were the
hermandades
The patrons of the Renaissance were mostly
merchants and bankers
The Renaissance artist of talent and ability often lived a life
of economic security through patronage
A major difference between northern and Italian humanism is that northern humanism stressed
social reforms based on Christian ideals
What innovation in painting was developed by renaissance artists?
the illusion of depth
All of the following are reasons why the northern Renaissance differed from the Italian Renaissance except
the northern Renaissance emphasis on secular and pagan themes in art
The financial and military strength of the towns of northern Italy was directly related to
their wealth, which enabled them to hire mercenary soldiers to protect their commercial interests
All of the following statements about the earliest printed books are true except
they dealt mainly with economic and business subjects
Which is a common characteristic of the Divine Comedy, Canterbury Tales, and the Decameron?
they were written in the vernacular
The court if Star Chamber in England was
used to check aristocratic power
It appears that in Renaissance society blacks were
valued as servers and entertainers
The culture of the Renaissance
was largely limited to a small mercantile elit
The most influential book on Renaissance court life and behavior was
Castiglione's the Courtier
Erasmus advocated
Christian education for moral and intellectual improvement
Northern Italian cities were __, sworn associations of free men seeking complete political and economic independence from local nobles
Communes
Believed that reform of the church could be achieved through periodic assemblies, or general councils representing all Christian people
Conciliarists
Generally, the legal status of upper-class women declined during the Renaissance
False
In Utopia, Thomas More envisioned a society where the Church strictly regulated the lives of the people
False
Joan of Arc led the British to victory in the 100 Years War
False
Extremists who whipped and scourged themselves as penance for their and societies sins in the belief that the Black Death was God's punishment for humanities wichedness
Flagellants
The Renaissance began in
Florence
The late 15th century ruler of England who ended civil war and strengthened the crown was
Henry VII
This term was devised by the Florentine rhetoricians and historian Leonardo Bruni
Humanism
All of the following statements about Florence at the time of the Renaissance are true except
It was an important Mediterranean port city
The dome of St. Peter's in Rome is considered to be the greatest work of
Michelangelo
This Renaissance painter painted the Portrait of Castiglione
Raphael
It is clear that the economic growth and the material wealth of the Italian cities were direct causes of the Renaissance
True
Machiavelli's The Prince maintained that a ruler should be more concerned with the way things are than the way things ought to be
True
Renaissance humanists tended to be less concerned about religion than about people
True
Just before the emergence of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Iberian Peninsula could be best described as
a heterogeneous region consisting of several ethnic groups with a diversity of linguistic and cultural characteristics
The term Renaissance means
a resurgence of art and culture in the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries
Renaissance men's view of educated women was that they should
be allowed to add a social touch to the household, but otherwise remain subservient to men
The Wars of the Roses were
civil wars between the English ducal houses of York and Lancaster
In early modern Europe, women were accused of practicing witchcraft more often than were men because of the belief that women
were more vulnerable to temptation