What question underlay the Renaissance debate about female rulers?

Gender or rank the stronger determinant of social role?

What period did the fourteenth-century poet Francesco Petrarch consider to be the "dark ages?"

The period between the fall of Rome and his own age

What was an important distinction between "minor"/"decorative" arts and "major" arts?

"Minor"/"decor." arts more likely to be pursued by women.

How did artistic portrayals of the human form change during the Renaissance?

portrayed in idealized but increasingly realistic ways

How was social status of the nobility in relation to wealthy merchants during the Renaissance?

Poor nobles had higher social status than merchants

What two social groups established communes in cities across northern Italy?

Members of merchant guilds and the nobility

What event transformed the Spanish monarchy in 1496?

Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter to heir of HRE

What did civic humanists of the Renaissance assert as the ideal political model?

That political leaders should be educated

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1
What question underlay the Renaissance debate about female rulers?
Gender or rank the stronger determinant of social role?
Did God or the Devil create women?
Could women be allowed to have authority and influence?
Were women as intelligent as men?
2
What period did the fourteenth-century poet Francesco Petrarch consider to be the "dark ages?"
Ancient Roman times
The time of the Black Death
The period between the fall of Rome and his own age
The period of the Avignon papacy
3
What was an important distinction between "minor"/"decorative" arts and "major" arts?
"Minor"/"decor." arts more likely to be pursued by women.
"Minor" arts were practiced by apprentices not masters.
"Major" arts were taught only at universities.
"Minor" arts were reserved for the clergy.
4
How did artistic portrayals of the human form change during the Renaissance?
increasingly portrayed in abstract ways
increasingly portrayed in contemporary clothing
portrayed in idealized but increasingly realistic ways
portrayed in stiffer, more formal ways
5
How was social status of the nobility in relation to wealthy merchants during the Renaissance?
Poor nobles had higher social status than merchants
Merchants generally considered higher than nobles
Wealthy merchants higher social status than poorer nobles
Merchants and nobles had equal status depending on wealth
6
What two social groups established communes in cities across northern Italy?
Local clergy working with confraternities
The wives of craftsmen and local shopkeepers
Members of merchant guilds and the nobility
The urban poor working with mendicant friars
7
What event transformed the Spanish monarchy in 1496?
Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter to heir of HRE
The outbreak of war with England
Discovery of North America
Deaths in a riding accident of both Ferdinand and Isabella
8
Printing with movable type was developed in the 1440s by
Muslim scholars
monks
metalsmiths
papermakers
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What did civic humanists of the Renaissance assert as the ideal political model?
That political leaders should be educated
That modern Christian leaders were superior to ancient ones
That republican governments were best
That Plato's philosopher-king was the ideal political leader

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