5629373887 | Latin West | The Latin section of the Roman Empire. It was also the section to crumble while separated from the Greek East. | 0 | |
5629373888 | Three-field system | farmland divided into three equal-sized fields, in which crops were rotated | 1 | |
5629373889 | Water wheel | A mechanism that harnesses the energy in flowing water to grind grain or to power machinery. | 2 | |
5629373890 | Hanseatic League | an organization of north German and Scandinavian cities for the purpose of establishing a commercial alliance. | 3 | |
5629373891 | International fairs | 4 | ||
5629373892 | Guild | an organization of people in the same craft or trade | 5 | |
5629373893 | Peter's Pence | a annual tax or tribute | 6 | |
5629373894 | Flying buttresses | A major architectural innovation that enabled the Gothic cathedrals to reach new heights | 7 | |
5629373895 | Modern universities | Degree-granting institutions of higher learning. | 8 | |
5629373896 | Scholasticism | A medieval philosophical and theological system that tried to reconcile faith and reason | 9 | |
5629373897 | Humanists | People who specialize in studying the grammar, history, poetry, and rhetoric. | 10 | |
5629373898 | Printing press | A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. | 11 | |
5629373899 | Magna Carta | A charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England by his rebellious barons at Runnymede in 1215. | 12 | |
5629373900 | New monarchies | Historians' term for the monarchies in France, England, and Spain from 1450 to 1600. | 13 | |
5629373901 | English Parliament | England's chief law-making body. | 14 | |
5629373902 | The Estates General | France's Legislative body that met infrequently and was overall weak. | 15 | |
5629373903 | Thomas Aquinas | Italian theologian and Doctor of the Church who is remembered for his attempt to reconcile faith and reason in a comprehensive theology. | 16 | |
5629373904 | Geoffrey Chaucer | English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales | 17 | |
5629373905 | Marco Polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan | 18 | |
5629373906 | The Medici family | Wealthy family which controlled Florence Italy during the Renaissance. | 19 | |
5629373907 | The Fugger family | German banking dynasty that dominated European business, developed capitalistic economic concepts | 20 | |
5629373908 | Dante Alighieri | Italian poet who wrote the divine comedy | 21 | |
5629373909 | Francesco Petrarch | One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance, an Italian author and humanist | 22 | |
5629373910 | Erasmus of Rotterdam | A sarcastic writer that wrote "The Handbook of the Christian Knight" and "In Praise of Folly" | 23 | |
5629373911 | Johann Gutenberg | Invented the printing press | 24 | |
5629373912 | Giotto | Frescoe painter, founded flourentine school, realisitc poses | 25 | |
5629373913 | Jan van Eyck | Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting | 26 | |
5629373914 | Leonardo da Vinci | A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathemetician, engineer, and scientist | 27 | |
5629373915 | Lorenzo de Medici | Florence banker who became a patron of the arts sponsoring various renowned artists | 28 | |
5629373916 | King Philip "the Fair" | Started new capital in Avignon | 29 | |
5629373917 | King John | signed Magna Carta; king of England | 30 | |
5629373918 | Joan of Arc | peasant girl who led french army to victory over the english in the 100 year's war | 31 | |
5629373919 | Ferdinand and Isabella | king and queen of Spain; expel the Mongols | 32 | |
5629373920 | The Black Death | Most massive epidemic on record. | 33 | |
5629373921 | The "Fourth Crusade" | When European Christians attacked Constantinople. | 34 | |
5629373922 | Renaissance | rebirth of art, culture, and intellect started in Italy | 35 | |
5629373923 | The Great Western Schism | The period from 1378-1417 during which two and then three rival people claimed papal authority | 36 | |
5629373924 | Hundred Years War | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families. | 37 | |
5629373925 | Reconquest of Iberia | Beginning in the 11th century, military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by the Muslims. | 38 | |
5629373926 | Canterbury Tales | A collection of stories written in the Middle-English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. | 39 | |
5629373927 | Gothic cathedrals | Large churches originating in twelfth-century France | 40 | |
5629373928 | Summa Theologica | Saint Thomas Aquinas's comprehensive systematic examination of Christian theology | 41 | |
5629373929 | Divine Comedy | Book by Dante Alighieri, describes soul's progression into heaven | 42 |
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