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. |