HIST 125: The Renaissance

Fall 2005

 

 

Review Sheet-2nd Term Examination

 

The format of the 2nd exam will be the same as that of the midterm. The requirements for full credit are the same as they were for the midterm, so I will not repeat the information here. Refer to you midterm review sheet for further clarification.

 

Instructions:    Identify TWO (2) of the following persons/things. Your identifications should include approximate dates and literary sources, where appropriate. Above all, they should indicate the significance of the item to the broad themes we’ve considered in the course. Each identification is worth 50 points.

 

                        General trends: the rise of principalities

                        Cosimo de’Medici

                        Neoplatonism

                        Pico of della Mirandola

Reconquista

                        Charles V

Peace of Lodi 

Sack of Rome                                                             

                        Peace of Cambrai                               

                        Italian Wars                                                                

                        “reason of state”                                             

Christian Humanism               

Nicolas of Cusa