Chapter 12: The Renaissance, Recovery and Rebirth

General terms from Chapter 12 of Speilvogel's Western Civilization

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Renaissance
Rebirth
Greco-Roman
Antiquity
Hanseatic League
Commercial/military trading alliace of northern Europe
House of Medici
Largest bank in Europe, centred in Florence, patrons of the arts
First Estate
Clergy
Second Estate
Nobility
Third Estate
Townsfolk/peasantry
Reconquista
In Spain; slaves first appeared; captured by Christians and Muslims
Cult of St. Maurice
Followers of famed black night
"On the Family"
Treatise by Alberti
Condotierri
Leaders of bands of mercenary soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder
"The Book of the Courtier"
Expressed ideas held by nobility
Five main Italian states
Milan, Venice, Florence, Papal States, Naples
Cosimo de Medici
Dominated Florence, the most powerful Italian nation-state
Gonzaga Lords
Ruled independent city-state of Mantua