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Who was the Protestant military commander who raised a mercenary army and then offered its services to the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor?
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Albrecht von Wallenstein
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The importance of philology is exemplified in ______.
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"On the Donation of Constantine"
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Which of hte following did NOT characterize Renaissance society?
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Growing feudal systems of social order
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What DID characterize Renaissance society?
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-Growing national consciousness- Growing political centralization- Growing urban economies based on capitalism
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In his "History of the Florentine People", Bruni argued:
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That events were the result of human rather than divine activity and that recent history was relevant because of the moral lessons it taught.
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The Decameron is an important source of information about:
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The Black Plague
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What was NOT a result of the Thirty Years' War?
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An increase in the power of the Habsburgs.
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What WAS a result of the Thirty Years' War?
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- The growth of strong centralized states- The ruin of many European lands- The growth of armies and bureaucracies
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Secularization could be best described as:
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A search for nonreligious explanations for political authority and natural phenomena.
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In Utopia, More did NOT:
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Support the idea that private property was the best insurance for social equality.
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In Utopia, More DID:
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- Criticize the unjust nature of law codes in his day- Suggest that Jesus Christ would approve of the communist society on Utopia- Contend that good health was a pleasure
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Michelangelo created:
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"David"
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Lorenzo Valla did NOT:
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Believe that political rule should be based on cunning and duplicity.
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Lorenzo Valla DID:
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- Write "On the Donation of Constantine"- Use philology- Discover that language has a history of its own
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Who were three distinguished painters of the Renaissance?
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- Leonardo da Vinci- Masaccio- Rogier de Weyden
**Guillame Dufay was NOT. |
