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AP European History
Based on the " A History of Western Society " Textbook by McKay
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History
12th Grade
10/05/2010

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Secularism
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A basic concern with the material world instead of the eternal world of spirit
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Individualism
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Stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and full development of one's capabilites and talents. Person's abilities should be stretched until fully realized.
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Lorenzo Valla
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Wrote On Pleasure

defends the pleasures of the senses as the highest good

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Pico della Mirandola
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On the Dignity of Man

Man has no limits.  He was made in the image and likeness of God.

Between beast and angel.

 

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Giovanni Boccaccio
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The Decameron

Portrays a wordly society.

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Arists of High Renaissance (1500-1527)
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Leonardo da Vinci ; Raphael; Michelangelo
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international style (of art in the 15th century Europe)
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rich colors, decorative detail, curvilinear rhythms, and swaying forms

 

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Baldassare Castiglione
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The Courter ; book on education. This treatise sought to train, discipline, and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal, gentleman
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Nicolo Machiavelli
Definition
Wrote a short treatise called "The Prince"
Goal of this treatise was to unify Italy
Book described how a prince should obtain power and how to control his country through any means.
As a humanist, Machiavelli concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests.
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The movable type
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Around 1454, invented by three Guntenberg, Fust and Schoffer. Revolutionized reading and printing.
Printing allowed propaganda possible, emphasizing differences between opposing groups, such as Crown and nobility, church and state. Printing stimulated the literacy of laypeople.
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