HIS243H1 Final: HIS243 Exam terms
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Laura cereta: 1469 1499, was a renaissance humanist and feminist. Her letters defended women"s right to education and fought the oppression of married women. Her letters laid the groundwork for feminism of the. Moreover, her letters discussed war, death, fate, chance and malice. Unlike most women of her time, cereta was able to partake in letter writing because she had social contacts to participate. Comes into power after all line of cosimo and lorenzo is dead. He was brought in from the outside of the main family line; they went into farm side to pick him up. He is 17 at the time and wasn"t married, died in 1574. He was military leader, moved his family into city hall and turns it into a palace, but not large enough so moves to a larger palace. He marries elenora, daughter of high spanish noble, who has direct time with the roman emperor.