Chapter 13-The Renaissance

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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


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