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What is the Hundred Year War
the war fought exclusively on French soil, England withdrew
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What is The Magna Carta
also known as The Great Charter
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What is Humanism
Man is the center of the world, man's life, beauty, dignity, language and political system
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What is Neo-Platonism
Platonic love with Christian Concept, body, reason, agape
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Who is Michelangelo
artist of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
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Who is Joan of Arc
Had a number of victories against the English, was captured by the Burundians, and sold to the English for ransom
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What is The English Magna Carta
Forbade the king from levying new taxes, established the authority of the law over the will over of the king, and you were guaranteed a trial by jury of your peers
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Who is Pico della Mirandola
God created man to be Creative!, created the Oration of the Dignity of Man
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Who is Giotto
the first Renaissance painter
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Who is Josquin des Prez
The first master of the high Renaissance
style of polyphonic vocal music |
What is the Battle of Crecy
one of the most decisive and influential battles in history where England defeated France who had a much larger army
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Who is Christine de Pizan
the first professional woman writer in the West, attacked male misogyny, and praised women accomplishments
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What is Naturalism
Scientific observation and experimental attitudes, Nature is changing
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Who is Donatello
creator of the first male, nude, tall statue (David)
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Who is Raphael
creator of the Virgin Man, the Divine man, and his neo-platonic tribute to the rebirth of classical humanism
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What is the Bubonic Plague
killed 1/3 to 1/2 of Europe's population
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Who is Petrarch
the Father of Renaissance Humanism
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What is Individualism
Desire for personal prestige, art is individual and personal
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Who is Machiavelli
the father of modern political science, the conflict between liberty and order
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Who is Giovanni Boccaccio; What is the Decameron
wrote a collection of tales using the plague as the backdrop of the tales; the name of those collection of tales
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Who is Cosimo de Medici
inherited a successful banking enterprise from his father in Florence
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What is Classicism
Simplicity, order, harmony, balance, and proportion
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Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
creator of the Vitruvian Man, a genius of the Renaissance, a scientist, inventor, musician
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