Question 1

What is the term for a piece of land held by one man?

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Fief

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Lord

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Castle

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Vassal

Question 2

Who is a landowner that allows another person to use his land in return for services?

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Lord

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Vassal

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Peasant

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Knight

Question 3

What is the term for a man who receives land from a landowner in exchange for services?

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Vassal

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Knight

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Serf

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Lord

Question 4

What do we call land retained by a king for his own use?

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Crown land

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Acquired land

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Common land

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Fief

Question 5

What is the code of conduct for the nobility and knights known as?

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Chivalry

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Feudalism

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Heraldry

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Knighthood

Question 6

What are the colorful symbols displayed on armor and shields called?

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Heraldry

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Fiefdom

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Coat of arms

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Chivalry

Question 7

What is a family's unique display of heraldry known as?

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Coat of arms

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Flag

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Shield

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Emblem

Question 8

What is a military fortification built for defense called?

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Castle

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Citadel

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Fort

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Palace

Question 9

What do we call the event where two knights fight to knock each other off their horse?

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Joust

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Melee

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Duel

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Tournament

Question 10

What is a way of life based on land ownership and use?

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Feudalism

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Capitalism

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Socialism

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Monarchy

Question 11

What are the large estates owned by the nobles called?

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Manors

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Crusades

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Burgs

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Demesne

Question 12

What was the name of the mock battles that knights participated in?

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Tournaments

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Crusades

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Pilgrimages

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Truce of God

Question 13

What is the term for the land that serfs had to work on for their lord?

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Demesne

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Manors

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Peace of God

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Burgs

Question 14

What was the 'Truce of God'?

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The church forbade fighting from Friday through Sunday

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A festival for knights

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A law for serfs

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A peace treaty between nobles

Question 15

What did the 'Peace of God' entail?

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Priests denied sacraments to those who harmed the innocent

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A festival for knights

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A treaty between kings

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A law for serfs

Question 16

What are journeys to holy places to demonstrate piety called?

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Pilgrimages

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Crusades

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Burgs

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Tournaments

Question 17

What were the battles fought between Christendom and Islam known as?

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Crusades

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Burgs

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Tournaments

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Children's Crusades

Question 18

Who was the famous English king that fought in the 3rd Crusade?

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Richard the Lion-Hearted

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King John

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Henry II

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Edward I

Question 19

What was the name of the Crusade where thousands of children marched toward the Middle East?

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Children's Crusades

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Peace of God

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Crusades

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Tournaments

Question 20

What do you call towns that developed beside fortresses?

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Burgs

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Tournaments

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Manors

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Demesne

Question 21

What brought together merchants from many lands?

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Trade fairs

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Market squares

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Shipping lanes

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Trade routes

Question 22

What was an early form of trade unions?

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Guilds

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Collectives

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Associations

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Syndicates

Question 23

A confederation of northern German towns formed during the 13th century is known as what?

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Hanseatic League

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German Mercantile Alliance

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North Sea Federation

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Baltic Union

Question 24

What Italian city became an important center of trade and culture?

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Flanders

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Rome

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Florence

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Venice

Question 25

What family led the city of Flanders between the 14th to 18th century?

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Medici

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Habsburgs

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Gonzagas

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Bourbons

Question 26

What was another name for a form of bubonic plague?

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Black Death

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Cholera

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Spanish Flu

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Great Plague

Question 27

Approximately how many people died in Europe because of the bubonic plague?

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25 million

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100 million

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50 million

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10 million

Question 28

What are organizations of students and teachers of specialized subjects?

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Universities

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Academies

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Institutes

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Colleges

Question 29

What was the first medieval university?

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Salerno

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Paris

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Cambridge

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Bologna

Question 30

What is the first English university?

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Oxford

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Durham

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Cambridge

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Manchester

Question 31

What is an attempt to synthesize Greek philosophy with Catholicism?

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Scholasticism

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Empiricism

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Hedonism

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Rationalism

Question 32

What is the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas called?

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Thomism

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Aristotelianism

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Augustinianism

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Platonism

Question 33

Who was the first man to translate the Bible into English?

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John Wycliffe

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Huss

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William Tyndale

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Martin Luther

Question 34

What were the followers of John Wycliffe called?

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Lollards

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Anabaptists

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Hussites

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Puritans

Question 35

What was John Wycliffe's nickname?

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Morning Star of the Reformation

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Prophet of the Reformation

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Voice of the Faithful

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Father of the Enlightenment

Question 36

What were the followers of John Huss called?

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Hussites

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Anabaptists

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Quakers

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Lollards

Question 37

Who wrote the Divine Comedy?

Accepted Answer

Dante

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Virgil

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Chaucer

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Milton

Question 38

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

Accepted Answer

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Edmund Spenser

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John Milton

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Thomas Malory

Question 39

What covered history, grammar, rhetoric, and poetry?

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Humanities

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Natural Sciences

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Social Sciences

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Fine Arts

Question 40

What meant intense interest in the subjects of the humanities?

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Humanism

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Romanticism

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Realism

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Renaissance

Question 41

Who is known as the Father of Humanism?

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Petrarch

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Boccaccio

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Machiavelli

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Leonardo da Vinci

Question 42

Who is recognized as the first great writer of prose in a modern language?

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Boccaccio

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Machiavelli

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Petrarch

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Raphael

Question 43

Who wrote the political treatise known as 'The Prince'?

Accepted Answer

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Boccaccio

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Petrarch

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Michelangelo

Question 44

What term describes individuals who use their money to support the arts?

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Patrons

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Critics

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Philanthropists

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Artists

Question 45

Who personified the Renaissance ideal of the 'Renaissance man'?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Petrarch

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Boccaccio

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Raphael

Question 46

What is the term for someone who displays their talents in many fields?

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Renaissance man

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Polymath

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Expert

Answer

Specialist

Question 47

Who painted the iconic works 'Mona Lisa' and 'The Last Supper'?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Boccaccio

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Michelangelo

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Raphael

Question 48

Which artist painted 'The Sistine Madonna' and 'The School of Athens'?

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Raphael

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Michelangelo

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Boccaccio

Question 49

Who is famous for painting the Sistine Chapel and sculpting the statues of David and Moses?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

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Raphael

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Boccaccio

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Gutenberg

Question 50

Who invented the movable-type printing press?

Accepted Answer

Johann Gutenberg

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Raphael

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Machiavelli

Question 51

What was the first printed book?

Accepted Answer

Gutenberg Bible

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The Prince

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Mona Lisa

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The Decameron

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