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This word coined by Giorgi Vasari means "rebirth"?

What 2 key events created the "modern world"?

Renaissance and Reformation

Where did the Renaissance first manifest itself?

Florence, Italy

What is the financial support of writers and artists by cities, groups, and individuals, often to produce specific works or works in specific styles?

How were economics, politics, and culture interconnected?

Ambitious merchants gained political power to match their economic power and then used their money and power to buy luxuries and hire talent in a patronage system. Through this system cities, groups, and individuals commissioned writers and artists to produce specific works.

What allowed banking families to control the cities politics and culture?

The profits from loans, investments, and money exchanges.

What 5 powers dominated 15th century Italy?

Venice, Milan, Florence, the Papal States, and the kingdom of Naples.

What is a program of study designed by Italians that emphasized the study of Latin and Greek literature with the goal of understanding human nature?

What was the Humanistic philosophy?

That human nature and achievements, evident in the classics, were worthy of contemplation.

How did humanists feel about religion?

They did not reject religion, instead they sought to synthesize Christian and classical teachings, pointing out the harmony between them.

How did humanists put their educational ideas into practice?

They opened schools and academies in Italian cities and courts in which pupils began with Latin grammar and rhetoric, went on to study Roman history and political philosophy, and then learned Greek in order to study Greek literature and philosophy.

What did the humanists think about the idea of education for women?

They disagreed about it. Many saw the value of exposing women to classical models of moral behavior and reasoning, but they also wondered whether a program of study that emphasized eloquence and action was proper for women, whose sphere was generally understood to be private and domestic.

Who was the best-known political theorist of this era?

Niccolò Machiavelli

What is his most famous work?

What are Christian Humanists?

Humanists from northern Europe who thought that the best elements of classical and Christian cultures should be combined and saw humanist learning as a way to bring about reform of the church and deepen people's spiritual lives.