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What are the characteristics of a noble?
Must be a warrior, they are born-not made, and must have an interest in the arts
In the Italian family, what was the mother's chief role ?
Supervise the family
Who was called the father of Italian Renaissance humanism?
Petrarch
The Divine Comedy includes what three sections?
Heaven, Hell, Purgatory
The Flemish painter Jan van Eyck was one of the first to use and perfect what artistic technique?
Oil Painting
The war between France and Spain for control of Italy ended when what happened?
Spanish mercenaries were let loose to sack Rome
Christine de Pizan is best known for what?
Works written in defense of women
The frescoes painted by ____ have long been regarded as the first masterpieces of early Renaissance art.
Massacio
Christian humanists believed what?
People who read the classics would become more pious
What was the Peace of Augsburg?
Accepted the division of Christianity in Germany
What was the Protestants view of the family?
Women were still subordinate
Who founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits?
Ignatius of Loyola
In 1528, Baldassare Castiglione wrote The Book of the Courtier, what was it about and how was it written?
Described the perfect Renaissance Noble
Parents in Renaissance Italy carefully arranged marriages, according to what?
To strengthen business or family ties
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is an important work because?
He used vernacular and the dialect
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