| A | B |
| Civil Law | is descendant from Roman, codified law that had been passed down for centuries and was imposed by rulers |
| subsistance agriculture | individuals make just enough on the land to support themselves, |
| Canon Law | the Church’s law |
| Pope Julius II | the “Warrior Pope” |
| Sistine chapel | Michaelangelo’s ceiling |
| Condottiere | mercenary soldier of a political ruler |
| Cosimo de Medici | first of the Medici political dynasty; |
| Lorenzo the Magnificent | de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance |
| Petrarch | Father of Humanism; |
| Humanism | recovery and study of classical (Greek & Roman) authors and writings. |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Mona Lisa |
| Raphael | School of Athens |
| High Renaissance | the most influential works were produced - i.e. Leonard's Last Supper. The Creation of Man by Michelangelo |
| Mannerism | art that emerged from the later years of the high renaissance |
| Peace of Lodi- | Brought four decades of peace to the Italian city-states of Florence, Milan, and Naples |
| Girolamo Savonarola | known for his book burning (Bonfires of the Vanity), |
| Niccolo Machiavelli- | The End Justifies the Means |
| Francesco Sforza | ruled Milan for the first half of the Renaissance era - Duke of Milan. |
| Conciliarism | Idea of separating Church power between the clergy and the pope. |
| Customary Law | codification of customs that sprung up independently among regular people. |