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| What is a particularly distinctive feature of Robert Campin's Mérode Altarpiece? |
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| Its setting the Annunciation in an ordinary, middle-class Flemish home |
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| What question does Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights seem to ask the viewers to ponder? |
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| What might the world be like if the fall had never happened |
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| Where is Morris dancing believed to have originated? |
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| As discussed in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section, what was the irony of monk and humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus? |
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| He opposed the Church's excesses yet loved beauty and art |
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| What did patrons of works such as Robert Campin's Mérode Altarpiece and Jan and Hubert van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece hope to gain through their financial support? |
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| Why did Henry VIII write a tract condemning Luther and his religious reforms? |
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| To earn a "Defender of the Faith" title from the pope |
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| Why did Henry VIII insist upon being called "Your Majesty" rather than "Your Highness"? |
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| To emphasize the magnificence of his court |
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| Why after August 8, 1588, could Elizabeth I claim English supremacy in world affairs? |
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| The English fleet defeated the Spanish Armada |
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| Why was portraiture so popular in Tudor England? |
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| Portraits show the humanist emphasis on individualism |
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| Why did drama become so popular during the Elizabethan period? |
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| The middle and upper classes had more leisure time |
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