History Renaissance test 1
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- the low middle ages were when, dude?
- 500- 800?
- in the low middle ages, what strictly defined social class?
- FEUDALISM
- who were the two classes in feudalism?
- lord and serf
- what did lords do?
- controlled by fief
- what's a fief?
- Under feudalism, a landed estate given by a lord to a vassal in return for the vassal's service to the lord. The vassal could use the fief as long as he remained loyal to the lord.
- is a fief also a piece of land?
- yes, it is the land a lord gets from the ruler to control for himself
- who are serfs?
- peasants who work
- what was the only central power, & the most powerful institution, in Europe in the middle ages?
- the Roman Catholic Church
- When did the Byzantine Empire last until?
- the 17th century
- When were the high middle ages?
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when the popes smoked joints,
no actually, 1050- 1450 - why did the pope call for the crusades?
- to 'free' the Holy Land (Israel)
- who were the Crusades against?
- The Islamic Empire
- what was the effect of the Crusades on European monarchs?
- Exposed them to the wealth of the Eastern world
- what happened to individual kingdoms in the high middle ages?
- they gained power
- what was the Byzantine Empire?
- the Eastern Empire
- what are indulgences?
- payments to the church to reduce time in purgatory. You pay, your sins are reduced.
- Buonarroti Family-- were they noble?
- No, they were distinguished but not nobles
- Who was the father of the Buonarrotis?
- Ludovico
- What did Ludovico Buonarroti want?
- upward social mobility.
- Did Ludovico see Michelangelo as a talented genius and value him as a person, or what?
- Or what. He saw Michelangelo as a meal ticket.
- What was Raphael like?
- He was young, a well-respected painter, who was a gentleman-- polite, nice, generous and refined.
- What was the Temptation in the Garden about?
- Adam and Eve
- What was Michelangelo like?
- older, also respected, but brooding, moody and had a personal hygiene issue. He smelled??